Pantaleon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Etymology of Pantaleon

What does the name Pantaleon mean?

The distinguished surname Pantaleon can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Venice. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing Feudal System. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname Pantaleon came from Saint Pantaleo.

Early Origins of the Pantaleon family

The surname Pantaleon was first found in 1004, when the Pantaleoni family moved from Greece to Venice. The name became a popular personal name in the times before surnames in part due to the popularity of Saint Pantaleon, who lived in the 4th century, in present day Turkey.

Early History of the Pantaleon family

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Pantaleon Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Pantaleon include Pantaleo, Pantaleone, Pantaleoni, Pantalone, Pantaloni and many more.

Early Notables of the Pantaleon family

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Pantaleon migration to the United States +

Immigrants bearing the name Pantaleon or a variant listed above include:

Pantaleon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Albert Pantaleon, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 1

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)