Pantaleão: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Pantaleão – Meaning: all-compassionate / all-merciful – Origin: Greek (Panteleimon) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: pun-tuh-lee-OWNG


Pantaleão is a Greek (Panteleimon) boy's name meaning “all-compassionate / all-merciful”. It appears in our list of 175+ Portuguese Baby Boy Names From Lisbon to São Paulo.

Meaning & Origin of Pantaleão

Meaning: All-compassionate / all-merciful.

Origin: Greek (Panteleimon).

A common claim: Pantaleão is sometimes glossed as meaning 'all lion' Actually: That's a mix-up -- the Greek root is eleos ('mercy'), not leon ('lion'); the real sense is closer to 'all-compassionate'.

How to Pronounce Pantaleão

Phonetic: pun-tuh-lee-OWNG   IPA: /pɐ̃tɐliˈɐ̃w̃/

Popularity of Pantaleão

Pantaleão doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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