# Pamela

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpæmələ/ · frequency rank #13,577

## Definitions
1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

## Etymology
Invented by Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral poem The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (c 1593). Seemingly created from scratch; some imagine an analysis as Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, “all”) + μέλι (méli, “honey”) but there is no evidence that this was intended.

## Easily confused with
- **panel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamela-vs-panel)
- **Paula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamela-vs-paula)
- **Patel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamela-vs-patel)
- **Pavel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamela-vs-pavel)
- **Paola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamela-vs-paola)
- **panels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamela-vs-panels)
- **pala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pala-vs-pamela)
- **paella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paella-vs-pamela)

## Common misspellings (8)
`apmela`, `paemla`, `pameal`, `pamella`, `pamlea`, `pammela`, `pmaela`, `ppamela`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pamela