Boy · Greek
Pantaleon
Say it: pan-TAL-ee-un
Meaning
From Greek pan 'all' and leōn 'lion'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Spread through Saint Pantaleon in medieval Italy, giving rise to the comic Venetian character Pantalone.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 60 babies given this name since 1922
- At its height in 1935, about 1 in 173,500 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Pantaleon |
|---|---|
| Italian | Pantaleone |
| French | Pantaléon |
| Spanish | Pantaleón |
Famous bearers
- Saint Pantaleon, physician and martyr
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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