First names in Hebrew

First name Pam: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

פאם

Gematria value: 121

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Pam is written פאם

Meaning and origin

What does Pam mean?

Meaning: short form of Pamela
Origin: English

Pam is the short form of Pamela, a name invented by the English poet Philip Sidney in the sixteenth century, perhaps from Greek words meaning “all sweetness”, pan and meli. Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela (1740) made it famous. Pam was very common in America in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gematria

Pam = 121

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. פאם has 3 letters:

• פthe letter Pe80
• אthe letter Aleph1
• םthe letter final Mem40
• Total121

The verse of the name

From the letter Pe to the letter final Mem

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Pam, from פ to ם:

פְּרִי־צַדִּיק עֵץ חַיִּים וְלֹקֵחַ נְפָשׁוֹת חָכָם׃

“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the wise wins souls.”

Proverbs 11:30

The book of your first name

Pam, in nine pages

• Pam, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Pam
• Pam, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Pam in three answers

How do you write Pam in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Pam is written פאם.

What is the gematria value of Pam?
Written פאם, Pam is worth 121: the letter Pe (80) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter final Mem (40).

What does Pam mean?
Short form of Pamela (origin: English). Pam is the short form of Pamela, a name invented by the English poet Philip Sidney in the sixteenth century, perhaps from Greek words meaning “all sweetness”, pan and meli. Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela (1740) made it famous. Pam was very common in America in the 1950s and 1960s.