Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Pamala isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pamala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,357
- 0 boys · 7,357 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 314 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 314 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,012 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pamala’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pamala
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Pamala, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“date palm”
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“a petite woman” · “small”
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Perri
“one who travels; a wanderer”
>99% girls
Luanna
“one who is content and enjoys life”
>99% girls
Twila
“woven with double thread”
>99% girls
Peri
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