40%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Probably a blend of Tamara and Pamela. It first arose in the 1950s. Related Names RootsTamara + Pamela PopularityDetails Last ranked #939 in 1976 United States People think this name isRate·Details modern youthful urban strange Categories combinations, currently out of the US top 1000, ends in -ela, gospel musicians, invented, producers, R'n'B singers, uncertain etymology