Axcel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Axcel by the numbers

Axcel was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 30 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Axcel

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Axcel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Axelfather of peace3,782 in the US (2017)
  • Anceldivine, noble; a form of Anselm5 in the US (2017)
  • Axiel16 in the US (2017)
  • Axxel16 in the US (2017)
  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
  • Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Axcel

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