pamela of first name origin
Sir Philip Sidney invented the name Pamela for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, written in the late 16th century and published posthumously.he name's popularity may have been hindered by the tendency to pronounce it /pÉËmiËlÉ/ pÉ-MEE-lÉ which was not fully superseded by the now-standard /ËpaemÉlÉ/ ËPÃ¦MÉLÉ-pam-É lÉ until the start of the 20th. century