Given name & surname
Annibale
Annibale is a masculine given name. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Annibale isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annibale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Annibale’s family of names
In Italian usage, Annibale has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hannibal. In Italian usage, Annibale has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Aníbal. In Italian usage, Annibale has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Αννίβας.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Annibale has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Annibale
- Annibale CarracciBolognese painter (1560–1609)
- Annibale de GasparisItalian astronomer (1819–1892)
- Annibale FrossiItalian footballer and manager (1911–1999)
- Annibale BugniniItalian Vincentian and archbishop (1912-1982)
- Annibale CaroItalian poet and Knight of Malta (1507-1566)
- Annibale BergonzoliItalian general (1884–1973)
- Annibale PadovanoItalian composer1527–1575
- Annibale Maria di Franciafounder of the Roagationist Fathers (1851–1927)
- Hanibal LucićCroatian Renaissance poet and playwright1485–1554
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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