Amílcar is a male name, Spanish version of The Latin Hamilcar, which was taken from the Punic (jmlkrt or Ha Melkart "brother of the King of the Country") that in Phoenician was reminiscent of a regal attribute ( Melkkart) of the god Baal.
It is a male name of Phoenician-Punic origin that means the one who commands in the city. Name of a Carthaginian general, father of Hannibal and father-in-law of Asdrúbal. It was a very common name in Carthage.