Axel (name)
Axel Pronunciation Swedish: [ˈǎksɛl] French: [aksɛl] Spanish: [aɣˈsel] Gender Male Language(s) Swedish , Norwegian , Danish , Icelandic , German , French , Spanish , Dutch Name day Sweden : 16 JuneFinland : 23 MarchWord/name Absalom Meaning 'Father of Peace' Region of origin Scandinavia Alternative spelling Aksel , AxlNickname(s) Axe Related names Absalom , Akseli , Askel [ 1]
Axel (also Aksel Scandinavian , German , French , and Dutch masculine given name. In Estonia, Denmark, and Norway the spelling Aksel is more common.[ 2] Akseli . A French feminine form is Axelle .
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 Ásketill , from ans ketill [ 3]
As a given name
Axel (born 1977), Argentine singer-songwriterAbsalon (1128–1201), Danish archbishop also known as Axel of LundPrince Axel of Denmark (1888–1964)Axel Aabrink (1887–1965), Danish painterAxel Gustav Adlercreutz (1821–1880), Swedish politician and civil servantAxel Alfredsson (1902–1966), Swedish footballerAxel Algmark (born 1990), Swedish pop singerAxel von Ambesser (1910–1988), German actor and film directorAxel Anderberg (1860–1937), Swedish architectAxel Andersen (1891–1931), Danish gymnastAxel Andersen Byrval (1875–1957), Danish football player and managerAxel Anderson (1929–2012), German-born Puerto Rican actor, television producer and television hostAxel Andersson (1887–1951), Swedish track and field athleteAxel Andrésson (1895–1961), Icelandic footballer and football club founderAxel Óskar Andrésson (born 1998), Icelandic footballerAxel Aubert (1873–1943), Norwegian chemical engineerAxel Augis (born 1990), French gymnastAxel Axelsson (born 1942), Icelandic footballerAxel Axelsson (born 1951), Icelandic handball playerAxel Axgil (1915–2011), Danish gay rights activist, first man to enter into a same-sex registered partnershipAxel Bäck (born 1987), Swedish alpine skierAxel Bachmann (born 1989), Paraguayan chess playerAxel Bakayoko (born 1998), French footballerAxel Bakunts (1899–1937), Armenian prose writer, film-writer, translator and activistAxel Bassani (born 1999), Italian motorcycle racerAxel Bauer (born 1961), French singerAxel J. Beck (1894–1981), American federal judgeAxel D. Becke (born 1953), Canadian physical chemist, professor and researcherAxel Bellinghausen (born 1983), German footballerAxel Berg (1856–1929), Danish architectAxel Berg (born 1959), German politicianAxel Berndt (born 19??), German sprint canoerAxel Bernstein (1974–2017), German politicianAxel Birnbaum (born 1966), Austrian fencerAxel Blake (born 1988), British stand-up comedianAxel Bloch (1911–1998), Danish fencerJan Axel Blomberg (born 1969), Norwegian heavy metal drummer (Mayhem , Arcturus )Axel Blomqvist (1894–1965), Swedish speed skaterAxel Blumberg (1981–2004), Argentine kidnap and murder victimAxel Gudbrand Blytt (1843–1898), Norwegian botanist and geologistJonas Axel Boeck (1833–1873), Norwegian marine biologistAxel Boëthius (1889–1969), Swedish scholar and archaeologist of Etruscan cultureAxel Boman (born 19??), Swedish house music DJ and producerAxel Borgmann (born 1994), German footballerAxel Borup-Jørgensen (1924–2012), Danish composerAxel Börsch-Supan (born 1954), German economist and researcherAxel Brage (born 1989), Swedish ice hockey playerAxel Braun (born 19??), Italian adult film producer and directorAxel Brauns (born 1963), German writer and filmmakerAxel Ludvig Broström (1838–1905), Swedish shipping magnateAxel Brown (born 1992), Trinidadian - British bobsledderAxel T. Brunger (born 1956), German-born American biophysicistAxel Bruns (born 19??), German-born Australian scholarAxel Brusewitz (1881–1950), Swedish political scientist and professorAxel Buch (1930–1998), Norwegian politicianAxel Bulthaupt (born 1966), German journalist, entertainer and television presenterAxel von dem Bussche (1919–1993), German WWII military officer, attempted to assassinate Adolf HitlerAxel Cadier (1906–1974), Swedish wrestlerAxel Chapelle (born 1995), French pole vaulterAxel Cleeremans (born 1962), Belgian cognitive scientist and professorAxel Clerget (born 1987), French judokaAxel Coldevin (1900–1992), Norwegian historianAxel Collett (1880–1968), Norwegian landowner, timber merchant and sawmill ownerAxel Coon (born 1975), German musicianAxel Corti (1933–1993), Austrian screenwriter, film director and radio hostAxel Daeseleire (born 1968), Belgian actorAxel Danielson (1867–1949), Swedish journalist and Swedish editorAxel Danielsson (1863–1899), Swedish socialist agitator, journalist and writerAxel de Reuterskiöld (1860–1937), Swedish baron and philatelistAxel Didriksson (born 19??), Mexican writer, academic and professorAxel Dieter Jr. (born 1990), German professional wrestlerAxel Disasi (born 1998), French footballerAxel Domont (born 1990), French racing cyclistAxel Doruelo (born 1982), Filipino basketball playerAxel Downard-Wilke (born 1966), transport plannerAxel Dreher (born 1972), German economistAxel Drolsum (1846–1927), Norwegian librarianAxel Düberg (1927–2001), Swedish film actorAxel Dünnwald-Metzler (1939–2004), German footballerAxel Edelstam (1924–2012), Swedish diplomatAxel Eggebrecht (1899–1991), German journalist and writerAxel Ehnström (born 1990), Finnish singer-songwriterAxel Eidstedt (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey playerAxel Ekblom (1893–1957), Swedish sport shooterAxel Elmlund (1838–1901), ballet dancer and stage actorAxel Elofs (1903–1983), Swedish long-distance runnerAxel Ender (1853–1920), Norwegian painter and sculptorAxel Enström (1893–1977), Swedish industrialistAxel Fredrik Enström (1875–1948), Swedish electrical engineerAxel Eriksson (1884–1975), Swedish rowerAxel Wilhelm Eriksson (1846–1901) Swedish ornithologist, settler, explorer and traderAxel Erlandson (1884–1964), Swedish-born American farmer and horticulturalistAxel von Fersen the Elder (1719–1794), Swedish statesman and soldierAxel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810), Swedish count, diplomat, military general and statesmanAxel Firsoff (1912–1981), Swedish-British amateur astronomer and authorAxel Fischer (born 1966), German politicianAxel Foley (born 1991), American hip hop musicianAxel Olof Freudenthal (1836–1911), Finnish philologist and politicianAxel Gabrielsson (1886–1975), Swedish rowerAxel Gade (1860–1921), Danish violinist, composer and conductorAxel Gedaschko (born 1959), German politicianAxel Geller (born 1999), Argentine tennis playerAxel Gjöres (1889–1979), Swedish politicianAxel Gnos (born 2003), Swiss-French racing driverAxel Gotthard (born 1959), German historian and professorAxel Graatkjær (1885–1969), Danish cinematographerAxel Grandjean (1847–1932), Danish composer and conductorAxel Gresvig (born 1941), Norwegian competitive sailorAxel Grönberg (1918–1988), Swedish wrestlerAxel Gyldenstierne (c. 1542 –1603) Danish-Norwegian official and Governor-general of NorwayAxel Gyllenkrok (1665–1730), Swedish baron, military general and governor of GothenburgAxel Gyllenkrok (1888–1946), Norwegian sport shooterAxel Gyntersberg (c. 1525 –1588), Norwegian nobleman and feudal overlordAxel Otto Hagemann (1856–1907), Norwegian politicianAxel Hager (born 1969), German beach volleyball playerAxel Haig (1835–1921), Swedish-born British artist, architect and illustratorAxel Hallberg (born 1999), Swedish politicianAxel Hamberg (1863–1933), Swedish mineralogist, geographer, explorer, photographer and professor of geographyAxel Hampus Dalström (1829–1882), Finnish architectAxel Hansen (1899–1933), Danish cyclistAxel Henry Hansen (1887–1980), Norwegian gymnastAxel Härstedt (born 1987), Swedish discus throwerAxel Haverich (born 1953), German cardiac surgeonAxel Hedfors (aka Axwell, born 1977), Swedish DJ and musicianAxel Hedenlund (1888–1919), Swedish track and field athleteAxel Heiberg (1848–1932), Norwegian diplomat and financierAxel Heiberg (1908–1988), Norwegian judgeAxel Heiberg Stang (1904–1974), Norwegian politician, landowner and foresterAxel C. Heitmann (born 1959), German business executiveAxel Hellstrom (1893–1933), German muscle reader, mentalist and stage magicianAxel Helsted (1847–1907), Danish painterAxel Nicolai Herlofson (1845–1910), Norwegian fraudster and criminalAxel Hervelle (born 1983), Belgian basketball playerAxel Hilgenstöhler (born 1975), German record producer, mixing engineer and guitaristAxel Hirsoux (born 1982), Belgian singerAxel Høeg-Hansen (1877–1947), Danish architectAxel Högel (1884–1970), Swedish actorAxel Höjer (1890–1974), Swedish physicianAxel Holmström (anarchist) (1881–1947), Swedish anarchistAxel Holmström (ice hockey) (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey playerAxel Holst (1860–1931), Norwegian physician and professor of hygiene and bacteriologyAxel Honneth (born 1949), German philosopher, theorist and professorAxel Horn (1913–2001), American artistAxel Hultgren (1886–1974), Swedish metallurgistAxel Hultman (1869–1935), Swedish actorAxel Hütte (born 1951), German photographerAxel Ingwersen (18??–19??), Danish sailorAxel Jang (born 1968), German bobsledderAxel Janse (1888–1973), Swedish gymnastAxel Jansson (1882–1909), Swedish sport shooterAxel Jansson (1916–1968), Swedish politicianAxel Jensen (1899–1968), Danish long-distance runnerAxel Jensen (1932–2003), Norwegian authorAxel P. Jensen (1885–1972), Danish landscape painterAxel Kacou (born 1995), Ivorian-French footballerAxel Kahn (1944–2021), French scientist and geneticistAxel Kassegger (born 1966), Austrian politicianAxel Keller (born 1977), German footballerAxel Kicillof (born 1971), Argentine economist and politicianAxel Kielland (1907–1963), journalist and playwrightAxel Klinckowström (1867–1936), Swedish baron, zoologist, explorer, fiction writer and memoiristAxel Kober (born 1970), German conductorAxel Kock (1851–1935), Swedish philologist and professor of Scandinavian languagesAxel Koenders (born 1959), Dutch triathleteAxel Köhler (born 1959), German countertenor and opera directorAxel Kolle (born 1973), Norwegian footballerAxel Cédric Konan (born 1983), Ivorian footballerAxel Krause (born 1958), German painter and graphic artistAxel Kristiansson (1914–1999), Swedish politicianAxel Kruse (born 1967), German footballerAxel Kühn (born 1967), German bobsledderAxel Kurck (1555–1630), Finnish warlordAxel Lapp (born 1966), German curator, art historian and publisherAxel Lawarée (born 1973), Belgian footballerAxel Leijonhufvud (1933–2022), Swedish economist and professorAxel Lerche (1903–1949), Danish sports shooterAxel Lesser (born 1946), German cross country skierAxel Lewenhaupt (1917–2018), Swedish diplomatAxel Liebmann (1849–1876), Danish composerAxel Lille (1848–1921), Finnish journalist and politicianAxel Lillie (1603–1662), Swedish soldier and politicianAxel Lindahl (1841–1906), Swedish photographerAxel Lindstrom (1895–1940), Swedish baseball playerAxel Ljung (1884–1938), Swedish gymnast and track and field athleteAxel Ljungdahl (1897–1995), Swedish Air Force generalAksel Lund Svindal , Norwegian alpine ski racerAxel Fredrik Londen (1859–1928), Finnish sports shooterAxel Louissaint (born 1996), Swiss basketball playerAxel Løvenskiold (1912–1980), Norwegian landowner and painterAxel Löwen (1686–1773), Swedish nobleman and military officerAxel Mackenrott (born 1969), German heavy metal keyboardist (Masterplan )Axel Madsen (1930–2007), Danish-born American biographer and journalistAxel Malmgren (1857–1901), Swedish artistAxel Maraval (born 1993), French footballerAxel Matus (born 1998), Mexican racing driverAxel Maurer (1866–1925), Norwegian stagewriter, editor and theatre directorAxel Maußen (born 1968), German Roman Catholic priestAxel Médéric (born 1970), French figure skaterAxel Merckx (born 1972), Belgian cyclistAxel Méyé (born 1995), Gabonese footballerAxel Meyer (born 1960), German evolutionary biologist and professor of zoologyAxel Michon (born 1990), French tennis playerAxel Michaels (born 1949), German professor of classical Indology and religious studiesAxel Milberg (born 1956), German actorAxel Miller (born 1965), Belgian businessmanAxel Möller (1830–1896), Swedish astronomerAxel Otto Mörner (1774–1852), Swedish artist and military generalAxel Mowat (1592–1661), Norwegian naval officer and land ownerAxel Müller (disambiguation) , several peopleAxel Munthe (1857–1949), Swedish physician and psychiatristAxel Murswieck (born 19??), German political scientist, commentator and professorAxel Neff (born 1984), American businessmanAxel Nepraunik (born 1945), Austrian sprinterAxel Neumann (born 1952), German footballerAxel Ngando (born 1993), French footballerAxel Nielsen (1902–1970), Danish astronomerAxel Noack (born 1961), German race walkerAxel Nordgren (1828–1888), Swedish painterAxel Nordlander (1879–1962), Swedish military officer and equestrianAxel Norling (1884–1964), Swedish gymnast, diver, and tug of war competitorAxel Otto Normann (1884–1962), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, theatre critic and theatre directorAxel Oberwelland (born 1966), German businessmanAxel Ockenfels (born 1969), German economist and professorAxel Odelberg (1873–1950), Swedish chemical engineerAxel Ohlin (1867–1903), Swedish zoologist and Arctic and Antarctic explorerAxel Olrik (1864–1917), Danish folklorist and scholar of medieval historiographyAxel Orrström (born 1986), Finnish footballerAxel Ottosson (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey playerAxel Oxenstierna (1583–1654) Swedish statesmanAxel Palmgren (1867–1939), Finnish lawyer, civil servant, business executive and politicianAxel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian figure skater and speed skaterAxel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954), Swedish politician and former Prime Minister of SwedenAxel Rudi Pell (born 1960), German heavy metal guitaristAxel Perneczky (1945–2009), Hungarian neurosurgeonAxel Persson (1888–1955), Swedish cyclistAxel W. Persson (1888–1951), Swedish archaeologistAxel Peschel (born 1942), German cyclistAxel Petersen (1880–1962) Danish track and field athleteAxel Petersen (1887–1968), Danish footballerAxel Jacob Petersson (1834–1884), Swedish-Norwegian structural engineer and inventorAxel Petersson Döderhultarn (1868–1925), Swedish wood carverAxel Pilmark (1925–2009), Danish footballerAxel Poignant (1906–1986), Australian photographerAxel Poniatowski (born 1951), French politicianAxel Pons (born 1991), Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer and modelAxel Poulsen (1887–1972), Danish sculptorAxel Prahl (born 1960), German actorAxel Preisler (1871–1930), Danish architectAxel Pretzsch (born 1976), German tennis playerAxel Proet Høst (1907–1985), Norwegian sports officialAxel Rappe (1838–1918), Swedish Army generalAxel Rappe (1884–1945), Swedish Army major generalAxel Rauschenbach (born 1967), German pair skaterAxel Revold (1887–1962), Norwegian painter, illustrator and art professorAxel Reymond (born 1994), French marathon swimmerAxel Ringvall (1860–1927), Swedish actor and comedianAxel Ripke (1880–1937), German journalist and politicianAxel Rodrigues de Arruda (born 1970), Brazilian footballerAxel Romdahl (1880–1951), Swedish art historian and museum curatorAxel Roos (born 1964), German footballer and coachAxl Rose (born 1962), Lead vocalist of the American hard rock band Guns N' RosesAxel Rosenkrantz (1670–1723), Norwegian landowner and baronAxel Roth (1936–2008), German-born American NASA engineerAxel Rubbestad (1888–1961), Swedish politicianAxel Runström (1883–1943), Swedish water polo player and diverAxel Ryding (1831–1897), Swedish Army lieutenant generalAxel Salzmann (born 1950), German pair skaterAxel Schulz (born 1968), German boxerAxel Schulz (born 1959), German footballerAxel Seeberg (1931–2011), Norwegian archaeologistAxel Siefer (born 1950), German actorAxel Simonsen (1887–1938), Norwegian long-distance runnerAxel Sjöberg (born 1991), Swedish footballerAxel Sjöblad (born 1967), Swedish handball playerAxel Sjöblom (1882–1951), Swedish gymnastAxel Skovgaard (1875–19??), Danish-born American violinistAxel Smeets (born 1974), Belgian footballer and managerAxel Smith (topographer) (1744–1823), Norwegian priest and topographerAxel Smith (chess player) (born 1986), Swedish chess playerAxel Christian Rosenkrantz Smith [no ] (1856–1935), Norwegian parliamentary representativeAxel Sømme (1899–1991), Norwegian geographer, political activist, magazine and newspaper editorAxel Springer (1912–1985), German publisherAxel Ståhle (1891–1987), Swedish Army officer and equestrianAxel Stawski (born 1950), American real estate developer and investorAxel Stein (born 1982), German actorAxel Stoll (1948–2014), German geophysicist and conspiracy theoristAxel Stordahl (1913–1963), American composer and arrangerAxel Strand (1893–1983), Swedish trade union organizerAxel Strauss (born 19??), German violinist music professorAxel Strøbye (1928–2005), Danish actorAxel Strøm (1901–1985), Norwegian physicianAxel Sundermann (born 1968), German former footballerAxel Sundquist (1867–1910), American sailorAxel Svendsen (1912–1995), Danish canoeistAxel Sveinsson (1896–1957), Icelandic civil engineerAxel Tallberg (1860–1928), Swedish visual artist and engraverAxel Teichmann (born 1979), German cross-country skierAxel Tetens (1892–1961), Danish wrestlerAxel Thallaug (1866–1938), Norwegian lawyer and politicianAxel Thayssen (1885–1952), Danish tennis playerAxel Tony (born 1984), French singerAxel Törneman (1880–1925), Swedish painterAxel Toupane (born 1992), French basketball playerAxel Troost (1954–2023), German economist and politicianAxel Tuanzebe (born 1997), Congolese-born British footballerAxel Ullrich (born 1943), German biologist, oncologist and cancer researcherAxel Urup (1601–1671), Danish military engineer and commander and judgeAxel Vennersten (1863–1948), Swedish politicianAxel Villanueva (born 1989), Nicaraguan footballerAxel Vogt (1849–1921), American railroad mechanical engineerAxel von Blomberg (1908–1941), German Air Force officerAxel von Harnack (1895–1974), German librarian, historian and philologistAxel Voss (born 1963), German politicianAxel Wachtmeister, Count of Mälsåker (1643–1699), Swedish count and field marshalAxel Wahlstedt (1867–1943), Swedish sports shooterAxel Wallengren (1865–1896), Swedish author, poet, and journalistAxel A. Weber (born 1957), German economist, professor and bankerAxel Weber (1954–2001), German pole vaulterAxel Wegner (born 1963), German sports shooterAxel Welin (1862–1951), Swedish inventor and industrialistAxel Wenner-Gren (1881–1961), Swedish entrepreneurAxel Werner (born 1996), Argentine footballerAxel Westermark (1875–1911), American sailorAxel Wibrån (born 1985), Swedish footballerAxel Wieandt (born 1966), German businessmanAxel Wikström (1907–1976), Swedish cross-country skierAxel Williams (born 1983), Tahitian footballerAxel Willner (aka The Field, born 19??), Swedish electronic musicianAxel Witsel (born 1989), Belgian footballerAxel Wittke (born 1960), German footballerAxel Zeebroek (born 1978), Belgian triathleteAxel Zitzmann (born 1959), German ski jumperAxel Zwingenberger (born 1955), German blues and boogie-woogie pianist
Fictional characters
Akseli Koskela, in the Finnish novel Täällä Pohjantähden alla
Axel, a Belgian steam locomotive in the film Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
Axel, a character from the 2020s animated television series Pikwik Pack
Axel, a grasshopper in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life
Axel, a character from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
Axel, a character from the Crazy Taxi
Axel, a main character from the video game Minecraft Story Mode
Axel, a protagonist in Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Axel, from the book The Bane Chronicles Cassandra Clare
Axel, in the film My Bloody Valentine
Axel (The Walking Dead) , a former prisoner and member of the group of survivors on the TV series The Walking Dead Axel Blaze, the English name for Gouenji Shuuya, a main character in the manga and anime Inazuma Eleven
Axel the Dark Hero, from the Disgaea
Axel Foley , a leading character in the Beverly Hills Cop moviesAxel Freed, the main character in the movie The Gambler
Axel Hawk , from the video game series Fatal Fury Axel Jordache, in the novel Rich Man, Poor Man
Axel Miller, in the American-Canadian TV series Van Helsing
Axel Rex, in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Laughter in the Dark
Axel Steel , in the Guitar Hero video game seriesAxel Stone , from the Streets of Rage video game seriesAxel Thurston , in the anime series Eureka Seven Axel the Water Buffalo, a villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic
Axl, a protagonist in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant
Axl , from the Mega Man X seriesAxl, from the series Nexo Knights
Axl Heck, in the TV series The Middle
Axl Low , from the Guilty Gear
As a surname
Curtis Axel (born 1979), ring name of American professional wrestler Joseph Curtis HennigGabriel Axel (1918–2014), Danish filmmakerRichard Axel (born 1946), American scientist
See also
References
^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0 ^ "Hvor mange hedder... - Danmarks Statistik" . Dst.dk. Retrieved 21 October 2013 .Jørgen Ouren (23 January 2013). "Navn - SSB" (in Norwegian). Ssb.no. Retrieved 21 October 2013 . ^ 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 (in Swedish) .
