Hannibal

Gender: Masculine
Usage: Phoenician (Latinized), History

Meaning

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.
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