Annibale

  • [ ahn-nee-BAH-le ]
  • Italian
Italian form of HANNIBAL.

HANNIBAL   male   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Means "grace of Ba'al" from Phoenician hann "grace" combined with the name of the god BA'AL. Hannibal was the Carthaginian general who threatened Rome during the Second Punic War in the 3rd century BC.
BA'AL   male   Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Semitic ba'al meaning "lord" or "possessor". This was the name of various local deities, often associated with storms and fertility, who were worshipped by the Canaanites, Phoenicians, and other peoples of the ancient Near East.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN: Hannibal
HISTORY: Hannibal
PORTUGUESE: Aníbal
SPANISH: Aníbal
OTHER FORMS
NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Ba'al