Hannibal Forename
Approximately 2,436 people bear this name
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.
Read More About This ForenameHannibal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 98% | 882 | 1:120,192 | 6,346 |
| United States | 100% | 630 | 1:575,456 | 14,443 |
| Egypt | 100% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Indonesia | - | 95 | 1:2,715,407 | 128,361 |
| Denmark | - | 94 | 1:60,101 | 2,136 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 51 | 1:110,345 | 3,355 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 40 | 1:4,439,109 | 68,387 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 34 | 1:453,642 | 21,207 |
| Uganda | 100% | 31 | 1:1,321,191 | 20,529 |
| Brazil | 100% | 28 | 1:7,651,291 | 103,685 |
| Germany | 98% | 21 | 1:4,603,708 | 19,313 |
| Canada | 100% | 20 | 1:1,656,669 | 26,761 |
| England | 100% | 20 | 1:2,780,146 | 31,455 |
| Spain | 100% | 18 | 1:2,584,998 | 12,929 |
| Sweden | 100% | 18 | 1:547,662 | 13,582 |
| Ecuador | - | 18 | 1:984,829 | 7,752 |
| Liberia | 100% | 18 | 1:245,114 | 8,199 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| France | 100% | 13 | 1:5,113,103 | 20,531 |
| Australia | - | 10 | 1:1,365,762 | 14,367 |
| Mexico | 100% | 9 | 1:13,793,825 | 37,132 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8 | 1:6,816,581 | 127,931 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Venezuela | - | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Norway | 100% | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| India | 100% | 5 | 1:242,975,594 | 2,326,743 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4 | 1:17,516,453 | 200,944 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Palestine | 100% | 3 | 1:1,516,686 | 4,479 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3 | 1:3,830,014 | 25,398 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Italy | 94% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Iceland | 100% | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Algeria | 100% | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
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.
A Phoenician name, meaning: Grace of the Supreme Being [Baal]. (Egyptian) Favored of Baal.
Hannibal Forename Popularity
Hannibal Demographics
Average Hannibal Salary in
United States
$45,690 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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