Pantaleon

This was the name of a 2nd-century BC king of Bactria. It was also borne by Saint Pantaleon – also called Panteleimon, as in Lyra's daemon in the His Dark Materials trilogy – who was a doctor martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. He is a patron saint of doctors and midwives.

Pronounced pan-ta-LEE-un.

As of October 2026, Pantaleon ranked #7005 for boys in US births in 1980 SSA, peaked at #3437 for boys in 1938.