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Across the world, Hanibal (Hanibal , هانيبال , Ганнибал ) is quite a rare boy's forename. The given name Hanibal is habitual in Libya, where it is quite a rare male name, Philippines, where it is a rare male name, and Tunisia. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Philippines, Libya, and Sudan. Likewise, Hanibal is the last name as well as the forename.
Hanibal is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hannibal Lecter , the fictional character, The Silence of the Lambs; Hannibal King , the Marvel Comics Character; Nighthawk , the fictional cowboy, Western Comics; Everyman , the comics character and Arnold Hannibal Meyer , character in Huset på Christianshavn, among other works.