Given name · also Latin
Aníbal
Aníbal is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Punic. It is used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Original LatinHannibal
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Aníbal comes from Latin, and ultimately from Punic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Aníbal developed from 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋.
Aníbal’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Aníbal developed from the Punic form 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋. In Portuguese usage, Aníbal has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form ANIBAL. In Portuguese usage, Aníbal has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hannibal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aníbal has relatives in 24 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Aníbal comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aníbal
- Aníbal Cavaco SilvaPortuguese politician (born 1939)
- Aníbal GodoyPanamanian association football playerborn 1990
- Aníbal PazUruguayan footballer (1917-2013)
- Aníbal PintoChilean politician and President (1825-1884)
- Aníbal TroiloArgentine tango musician (1914-1975)
- Aníbal TorresPeruvian lawyer and politicianborn 1942
- Aníbal TarabiniArgentine association football player (1941-1997)
- Aníbal RuizUruguayan footballer (1942-2017)
- Aníbal CioccaFootballer (1915-1981)
Characters named Aníbal: Rio (« Money Heist »).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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