Aníbal

Aníbal is the Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name equivalent of Hannibal (q.v.), itself a latinization of the Greek name Hanníbas (Ἁννίβας), derived from “ḥnbʿl” in the Carthaginian language (Carthaginian Punic script, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋), a descendant of the Phoenician Canaanite language in which the name's meaning is "Baʿal ([the] Lord) [is] my grace", a cognate of the Hebrew honorific Baʿal (בעל) “master/lord”.

In English, it may refer to:

* Aníbal (wrestler) stagename of Carlos Ignacio Carrillo Contreras (1940–1994), Mexican wrestler * Aníbal Acevedo (born 1971), Puerto Rican boxer * Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (born 1962), Puerto Rican politician * Aníbal Alzate (1933–2016), Colombian footballer * Aníbal Capela (born 1991), Portuguese footballer * Aníbal Cavaco Silva (born 1939), Portuguese president * Aníbal González (born 1963), Chilean footballer * Aníbal González Irizarry (1927–2018), Puerto Rican broadcast journalist * Aníbal López ''aka'' A-1 53167 (1964–2014), Guatemalan artist * Aníbal Milhais (1895–1970), Portuguese soldier during World War I * Aníbal Moreno (born 1999), Argentinian footballer * Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1908–1987), Colombian cardinal of the Roman Catholic church * Aníbal Oswaldo Parada Najarro (born 1984), Salvadorean footballer * Aníbal Pinto Garmendia (1825–1884), president of Chile * Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (1919–1996), Chilean economist * Aníbal Sánchez (born 1984), Venezuelan baseball player * Aníbal Troilo (1914–1975), Argentine tango musician * Aníbal Zurdo (born 1982), Mexican footballer Provided by Wikipedia