Name: Hannibal
Gender: Male
Usage: Hannibal, of phoenician origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Hannibal are in general originating from Iceland, Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Hannibal is: Baal has favored.
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Numerology of the first name Hannibal: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Hannibal is ranked on the 14,692nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 15700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Hannibal has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Hannibal for each year.
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History and Origin
The given name Hannibal may refer to:
Carthaginians:
- Hannibal, (247–183/182 BC), general who fought the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War
- Hannibal Mago (died 406 BC), shofet (magistrate) of Carthage in 410 BC
- Hannibal Gisco (died 258 BC), military commander in the First Punic War
- Hannibal the Rhodian, ship captain during the siege of Lilybaeum in the First Punic War
- Hannibal (Mercenary War) (died 238 BC), a general
- Hannibal Monomachus, who fought alongside the famous Hannibal
Others:
- Hannibal Buress (born 1983), comedian
- Hannibal Day (1804–1891), Union army officer during the American Civil War
- Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809–1891), Abraham Lincoln's first vice president
- Hannibal Kimball (1832–1895), American entrepreneur
- Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur (1788–1861), Australian colonist, politician, businessman and wool pioneer
- Hannibal Navies (born 1977), American National Football League player
- Hannibal Potter (1592–1664), English clergyman and President of Trinity College, Oxford
- Hannibal Price (1841–1893), Haitian diplomat and author
- Hannibal Sehested (council president) (1842–1924), Danish Council president
- Hannibal Sehested (governor) (1609–1666), Danish Governor of Norway
- Hannibal Valdimarsson (1903–1991), Icelandic politician
English form of Annibale, extremely rarely used as a given name.
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