# Hasdrubal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hasdrubal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “help of the lord (baal)” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæz.dɹʊ.bəl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Hasdrubal, from Punic 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿzrbʿl /⁠ʿazrōbaʿl⁠/, literally “Help of the Lord (Baal)”).

## What it means

Hasdrubal is grouped under protector.

## In other languages

- Arabic: صَدْرُبَعْل
- Armenian: Հասդրուբալ
- Catalan: Hasdrúbal, Àsdrubal, Asdrúbal
- French: Hasdrubal
- Georgian: ჰასდრუბალი
- German: Hasdrubal
- Greek: Ασδρούβας
- Italian: Asdrubale
- Latin: Hasdrūbal, Asdrūbal
- Portuguese: Asdrúbal
- Russian: Гасдруба́л
- Spanish: Asdrúbal

## People named Hasdrubal

- Hasdrubal Barca, Carthaginian general
- Hasdrubal the Fair, Carthaginian military leader and politician (c. 270–221 BC)
- Hasdrubal the Boeotarch, Carthaginian leader in the Third Punic War
- Clitomachus, 2nd-century BC Greek academic skeptic philosopher

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.