Axil
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Axil by the numbers
Axil was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Axil
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 Axil. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Axelfather of peace3,782 in the US (2017)
- Axlfather of peace; a respelling of Axel335 in the US (2017)
- Akilintelligent; wise; reasonable44 in the US (2017)
- Axylfather of peace; a modern respelling of Axel42 in the US (2017)
- Adiljust; fair; equitable38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ahilbrother; from akhil29 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Axil
Names that are said the same way as Axil, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Axil
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