Pama

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How to Pronounce Pama

Pronounced PAM-uh /ˈpæm.ə/Low

Meaning: Pama looks like a short coinage built on Pam, the pet form of Pamela. Pamela was invented by the poet Philip Sidney and later read as all sweetness or honey, from Greek pan and meli. Pama keeps that link, a trimmed, softened take on the Pam family.Low

In 30 seconds: Pama reads as a coinage on Pam, from Pamela, a literary name meaning all sweetness. It appeared for United States girls mid-century and peaked in the late nineteen-fifties (said PAM-uh).

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MeaningPama looks like a short coinage built on Pam, the pet form of Pamela. Pamela was invented by the poet Philip Sidney and later read as all sweetness or honey, from Greek pan and meli. Pama keeps that link, a trimmed, softened take on the Pam family.

U.S. rank (1963)#5733 ↘ Falling

1963 U.S. births7 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1958

Total births (all-time)≈ 182

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Pama appears in United States records from the mid-nineteen-forties, a short and unusual name likely felt as a variant of Pam. It reached its small high in 1958, in the same years Pamela and Pam were widely fashionable.

It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak, and its brief run had closed by the early nineteen-sixties. A girl named Pama then would be in her late sixties today. The name reads as a soft, minimal coinage rather than an inherited one.

Did you know? Pamela did not exist before the poet Philip Sidney coined it in the fifteen-hundreds, so Pama springs from one of the few English names with a known literary inventor.

Overall data confidence 30%

References - Pama — Coinage/variant of Pam; from Pamela, all sweetness

Variations

PamPamelaPamma

Nicknames

PamPammy

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Pama mean?

It is most likely a coinage or variant of Pam, from Pamela, a literary name read as all sweetness or honey.

How do you pronounce Pama?

It is said PAM-uh /ˈpæm.ə/, two syllables with the stress on the first.

Is Pama a boy or girl name?

Pama is recorded as a girl's name.

How popular is Pama?

It has always been very rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-fifties.