Hannibal Forename

150,006th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,436 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Greenland

Hannibal Forename Definition:

Phoenician, ‘grace of Baal.’ ‘The far-famed Hannibal himself’—the Carthaginian general (246-182 B. C.) who defeated the Romans at Cannae only to be himself defeated by Scipio, fourteen years later (202)—‘answered exactly to the Hananiah or Johanan of the Holy Land, saying that it was the grace of Baal that unhappily he besought by his very appellation,’ Yonge.

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Hannibal Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
98%
 
8821:120,1926,346
United States
100%
6301:575,45614,443
Egypt
100%
1081:850,93516,903
Indonesia-951:2,715,407128,361
Denmark-941:60,1012,136
DR Congo
100%
751:984,36829,064
Lebanon
100%
511:110,3453,355
Nigeria
100%
401:4,439,10968,387
Zimbabwe
100%
341:453,64221,207
Uganda
100%
311:1,321,19120,529
Brazil
100%
281:7,651,291103,685
Germany
98%
 
211:4,603,70819,313
Canada
100%
201:1,656,66926,761
England
100%
201:2,780,14631,455
Spain
100%
181:2,584,99812,929
Sweden
100%
181:547,66213,582
Ecuador-181:984,8297,752
Liberia
100%
181:245,1148,199
China-161:85,378,48664,025
Ethiopia-161:6,097,50812,067
France
100%
131:5,113,10320,531
Australia-101:1,365,76214,367
Mexico
100%
91:13,793,82537,132
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
91:151,2699,102
South Africa
100%
81:6,816,581127,931
Jordan
100%
81:1,103,3475,616
Greenland-71:8,053908
Cameroon
100%
71:3,087,21557,282
Venezuela-71:4,314,55660,709
Norway
100%
61:855,38812,625
Russia
100%
51:28,846,74173,146
India
100%
51:242,975,5942,326,743
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Malaysia
100%
51:6,089,988140,568
Senegal
100%
51:2,916,27115,947
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Taiwan
100%
41:5,942,42087,370
Colombia-41:11,944,73244,648
Palestine
100%
31:1,516,6864,479
Scotland-31:1,783,45514,297
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Italy
94%
 
31:20,354,03045,650
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Iceland
100%
31:122,0064,203
Syria-21:9,653,0387,712
Armenia
100%
21:1,459,37610,220
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Algeria
100%
21:19,088,36022,377
Finland-21:2,741,59219,235
Kazakhstan
100%
21:8,873,42235,327
Belarus
100%
21:4,741,19216,466
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Chile
100%
21:8,803,60433,591
Eritrea
100%
11:4,752,977997
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Ghana
100%
11:26,986,21613,521
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Paraguay-11:7,236,80516,549

The alternate forms: Hanníbal (1) are calculated separately.

Hannibal (4,624) may also be a surname.

Hannibal Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Phoenician, ‘grace of Baal.’ ‘The far-famed Hannibal himself’—the Carthaginian general (246-182 B. C.) who defeated the Romans at Cannae only to be himself defeated by Scipio, fourteen years later (202)—‘answered exactly to the Hananiah or Johanan of the Holy Land, saying that it was the grace of Baal that unhappily he besought by his very appellation,’ Yonge. The prevalence of Hannibal among the Cornish peasantry certainly indicates Phoenician influence in that county.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Phoenician name, meaning: Grace of the Supreme Being [Baal]. (Egyptian) Favored of Baal.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Hannibal Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hanníbal961/
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Hanniball945/
Hannibale942/
Hannaibal941/
Hanniebal941/
Khannibal941/
Annibal931,679/
Hanibal931,215/
Hhannibaal891/
Annibale884,292/
Hannival8840/
Gannibal8828/
Hannybal8812/
Hanibaal8810/
Hannebal887/
Haniebal887/
Jannibal887/
Haniball886/
Hanibale884/
Chanibal883/
Khanibal883/
Hennibal882/
Honnibal882/
Hannibol882/
Haanibal881/
Hanibald881/
Haneibal881/
Hanibhal881/
Annibald881/
Annibhal881/
Anniball881/
Anibal86299,899/
Honniball824/
Ganniball821/
Hanneybal821/
Hannibeil821/
Hanieball821/
Channival821/
Jeannibal821/
Hanniboll821/
Hanival80103/
Janibal8067/
Ganibal8056/
Hanebal8054/
Anibale8035/
Hanybal8026/
Annubal8025/
Anibald8013/
Anníbal807/
Honibal807/
Aniball807/
Annival805/
Anaibal804/
Agnibal803/
Hanibol803/
Aniebal802/
Anhibal802/
Anibalt802/
Anibhal802/
Anibail802/
Annybal802/
Aunibal802/
Annibol801/
Hanubal801/
Asnibal801/
Anisbal801/
Anibaal801/
Henibal801/
Annebal801/
D'Annibale786/
Hanneyball781/
Chanival7519/
Hannyval756/
Hanieval754/
Haneybal754/
Hanivall754/
Ganiball754/
Jannival753/
Honiebal752/
Annebale752/
Khaniwal752/
Honiball752/
Hanybaal751/
Hannewal751/
Annibole751/
Anibhald751/
Khanival751/
Jhanival751/
Jhonibal751/
Jannebal751/
Anniswal751/
Annybale751/
Anibaldh751/
Eannebal751/
D'Anniballe741/
Aníbal718,017/
Anival714,009/
Anubal7176/
Anebal7118/
Aniwal7117/
Anybal7117/
Anibol7116/
Enibal7115/
Onibal713/
Hennebaul713/
Anjbal712/
Ganibahal711/
Gangibaal711/
Añibal711/
Joinnibal711/
Johnnybal711/
Janival67286/
Anneval6766/
Hanyval6713/
Haneval6711/
Anieval678/
Asniwal678/
Ganival676/
Henibol676/
Angival676/
Anivail675/
Honival675/
Anaival675/
Anisval674/
Anjjbal673/
Janebal673/
Jonibal672/
Janiwal672/
Honybal672/
Honebal672/
Anioval672/
Agnival672/
Ganebal672/
Anivale672/
Ennebal672/
Aneival671/
Amniwal671/
Ganibol671/
Annhual671/
Anisual671/
Anibole671/
Ainebal671/
Ainival671/
Osnibal671/
Honibol671/
Henubal671/
Onibalt671/
Anivalt671/

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