Pam

Pam is an English name that originated as a short form of Pamela, a name coined by the poet Sir Philip Sidney in his 16th-century prose romance Arcadia, likely built from Greek elements meaning all and honey or sweetness. Sidney's invention was later popularized as a given name in its own right by Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela, and Pam gradually emerged as an independent name through common use. Related forms include Pamela and the variant spelling Pamm.