Axel (name)

Axel (also Aksel) is a French, German, Dutch and Scandinavian masculine given name and anagram of Alex. In Estonia, Denmark and Norway the spelling form Aksel is more common.[1] The Finnish form of the name is Akseli. A French feminine form is Axelle.

Axel
PronunciationSwedish: [ˈǎksɛl]
French: [aksɛl]
Spanish: [aɣˈsel]
GenderMale
Language(s)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, French, Spanish, Dutch
Name daySweden: June 16
Origin
Word/nameAbsalom
MeaningFather of Peace
Region of originScandinavia
Other names
Alternative spellingAksel, Axl
Variant form(s)[
Nickname(s)Axe
Related namesAbsalom, Alexander

Because the Danish archbishop Absalon (1128–1201) was also known as "Axel of Lund", the name has been interpreted as a corruption of the Hebrew name Absalom. Axel arose via Axelen from Absalon, possibly by conflation with the existing name Askel, Askil, medieval forms of the Old Norse name Ásketill, from ans "god" and ketill "cauldron".[2]

As a given name

Fictional characters
  • Axl, a character from the series Nexo Knights
  • Axel Blaze, the English name for Gouenji Shuuya, a main character in the manga and anime Inazuma Eleven by Tenya Yabuno.
  • Axel Foley, a leading character in the film Beverly Hills Cop
  • Axl Heck, a character in the tv series The Middle
  • Axel Hawk, a character from the video game series Fatal Fury
  • Axel the Dark Hero, a character from the Disgaea video game series
  • Axel Jordache, a character in Irwin Shaw's novel Rich Man, Poor Man: the father of the novel's three central characters, Gretchen, Rudolph and Thomas Jordache
  • Akseli Koskela, fictional character in the Finnish novel Täällä Pohjantähden alla by Väinö Linna
  • Axel Rex, a character in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Laughter in the Dark
  • Axel Steel, a character in the Guitar Hero video game series
  • Axel Stone, a character from the Streets of Rage video game series
  • Axel Thurston, a character in the anime series Eureka Seven
  • Axel the Water Buffalo, a villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic from Archie Comics
  • Axel, a character from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
  • Axel, a Belgian steam locomotive in the Thomas & Friends film The Great Race
  • Axel, a protagonist in Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Axl, a protagonist in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant
  • Axel (The Walking Dead), a former prisoner and member of the group of survivors on the TV series The Walking Dead
  • Axel, a character from the book The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
  • Axl, a character from the Mega Man X series.
  • Axl Low, a character from the Guilty Gear series of fighting games.

As a surname
  • Curtis Axel (born 1979), ring name of American professional wrestler Joseph Curtis Hennig
  • Gabriel Axel (1918–2014), Danish filmmaker
  • Richard Axel (born 1946), American scientist

See also

References
  1. "Hvor mange hedder... - Danmarks Statistik". Dst.dk. Retrieved 2013-10-21.Jørgen Ouren (2013-01-23). "Navn - SSB". Ssb.no. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  2. Också förväxlingar mellan Askil och Absalon samt Askil och Asgut har skett i fda. Om man nu vill hänvisa till rundanskans askil — i rundanskan finns således formen — borde man ha skrivit 'Fda. Eskil', ty det är i denna spalt man finner askil.En dat is waar. Namn och bygd 62 (1974), p. 183.
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