Axxel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Axxel by the numbers

Axxel was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Axxel

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 Axxel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Axelfather of peace3,782 in the US (2017)
  • Axiel16 in the US (2017)
  • Axcel13 in the US (2017)
  • Acxel8 in the US (2017)
  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
  • Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Axxel

Names that are said the same way as Axxel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Akselfather of peace; Scandinavian form of Absalom146 in the US (2017)
  • Axylfather of peace; a modern respelling of Axel42 in the US (2017)
  • Axellfather of peace; variant of Axel32 in the US (2017)
  • Axle135 in the US (2017)
  • Axil11 in the US (2017)
  • Aksil10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Axxel

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