Pam

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Palm in US United States, AU Australia, CA Canada, Ful in IN India, ปารมี in TH Thailand and ফুল in BD Bangladesh.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Pam is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name72K records spelled Pam3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

  Also written Pãm, Pâm

• Spanish given name59K records spelled Pam15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Mexico, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Pâm, P'Am, Pàm, Päm, Pãm

• Polish given name5.4K records spelled Pam21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Пэм, Pem, Пам, Pám, Pām

• Greek given name2.0K records spelled Pam2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria

  Also written Παμ

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Pam is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Akan, <;. [inf. apam, red. (?) pompam] to enter into a confeder- acy, to confederate, unite in a league, join in a covenant; gmah yi ne man yi apam, these two nations arc confederate, allied by treaty; won bann p^me ; me n^ wo bepam ato ho, Gen. 6,18. 21,27. cf apam. - pam .. tiri so, F. pam ., do, Mt 12,14. to conspire against, hold a coun- cil against

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In Akan, t?. [red. pempam, pompam] 1. to join, to make by pMing together pieces of wood: p. adaka, to make a box; to sew (together), to make by sewing: p. ntama, p. atade, pr. 2590. - to mendj pr. 1372

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In dag, abundantly; very; very much; exceedingly; many

  as a word·Dagbani Dictionary CD

• In sit-pro, subdue; be subdued, remain

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In French, initialism of programme alimentaire mondial (“World Food Programme”); WFP

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 65 years between 1915–1996. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Pam St. Clementb. 1942GBBritish actress
• Pam Hyattb. 1947CACanadian actress
• Pam Ferrisb. 1948GBBritish actress
• Pam Dawberb. 1951USAmerican actress
• Pam Teeguardenb. 1951USAmerican tennis player
• Pam Ziegenhagenb. 1957USAmerican film editor
• Pam Casaleb. 1963USAmerican tennis player
• Pam Bondib. 1965USAmerican attorney and politician (born 1965)
• Pam Bradyb. 1973USAmerican screenwriter and television producer
• Melissa Ordwayb. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 236 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pam?

We estimate roughly 90 thousand people bear Pam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Pam have the most bearers?

Pam is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ful.

How common is Pam compared with other names?

In India, Pam is the 398th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Pam a male or female name?

Pam is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Pam mean?

Recorded meaning: The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.