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 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