Aníbal

Aníbal is the Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name equivalent of Hannibal{{cite book

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}} (q.v.), itself a latinization of the Greek name Hanníbas (Ἁννίβας), derived from “ḥnbʿl” in the Carthaginian language (Carthaginian Punic script, 𐤇{{popdf}}𐤍𐤁{{popdf}}𐤏{{popdf}}𐤋{{popdf}}), 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 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 Moreno(born 1999),Argentinian footballer
• Aníbal Milhais (1895–1970), Portuguese soldier during World War I
• 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