It has a pleasant and fairly elegant sound, although not so much if it turns into Pammy. Richardson's Pamela is a bad association and so is Pamela Anderson, but then I suppose there's Pamela Stephenson and the quiet Mitford sister, and none of the associations are strong enough to make it unusable, imo. I have an aunt Pamela who's 60-something (Pamela Frances). I've never met one under 60, but I don't see why it wouldn't be fine on a child now.