Pamela
Traditional English name
Pamela is a feminine given name, pronounced either with stress on the first syllable (PAM-uh-luh) or sometimes puh-MEL-uh.
The name was invented by the poet Philip Sidney in the 16th century and later popularized by Samuel Richardson's novel *Pamela* (1740).
The short form Pam is common: Have you met Pam?
- epistolaryPertaining to letter-writing
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
seduction · chastity · propriety · servitude · gentility · didactic · sentimental · protagonist
Richardson
- epistolaryPertaining to letter-writing
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- moralityRight and wrong principles
courtship · seduction · chastity · propriety · servitude · gentility · didactic · sentimental · protagonist · eighteenth-century
vintage
Quality from past eras
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
nostalgic · retro · heritage · period · quaint · genteel · ladylike · refined · demure · bygone
Amanda
Name meaning deserving affection
Jennifer · Stephanie · Elizabeth · Nicole · Michelle · Christina · Ashley · Angela · Laura · Kimberly
- 18th Century WorksCandide, Gulliver's Travels, Tom Jones, Dangerous Liaisons, Clarissa
- British novelsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
- early prose fictionromance, fable, fables, tale, tales
- epistolary novelsClarissa, Dangerous Liaisons, Julie, Dracula, The Color Purple
- Richardson worksClarissa
- sentimentalismsensibility, sentiment, sentimentality, pathos, feeling