At a Glance
- 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
pun-tuh-lee-OWNGIPA /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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