Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Hannibal

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HANNIBAL

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History

PRONOUNCED: HAN-i-bəl (English) [key]

Meaning & History

Means "grace of Ba'al" from Phoenician hann "grace" combined with the name of the god BA'AL. Hannibal was the Carthaginian general who threatened Rome during the Second Punic War in the 3rd century BC.

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OTHER LANGUAGES: Annibale (Italian), Aníbal (Portuguese), Aníbal (Spanish)

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