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Pamela is a feminine given name. Pamela is often abbreviated to Pam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pam )〕 Pamela is infrequently used as a surname.〔 ==History== 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. The name is widely taken to mean "all sweetness", formed on the Greek words ''pan'' ("all") and ''meli'' ("honey"),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pamela )〕 but there is no evidence regarding what meaning, if any, Sidney intended for it. The Samuel Richardson novel ''Pamela'' in 1740 or 1741 inaugurated the use of Pamela as a given name but it was not in common usage until the 20th century.〔 A rare early bearer of the name is Lady Edward FitzGerald (c.1773–1831) and although she went by the name Pamela her true name was Stephanie Caroline Anne Syms.〔(Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Pamela Fitzgerald )〕 The name's popularity may have been hindered by the tendency to pronounce it which was not fully superseded by the now-standard until the start of the 20th century. People with the name or its variants include: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pamela (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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