Axel

See also axel

English

Etymology

From Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128-1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell, from Old Norse "god" + "cauldron, helmet", and Absalon was chosen as the nearest-sounding Christian equivalent, leading to the exchange of the middle consonants.

Proper noun

Axel

1. A male given name in quiet use since the 19th century.

Translations

male given name

• Danish: Aksel (da), Axel (da)
• Estonian: Aksel (et)
• Faroese: Áskil (fo) m, Aksal (fo) m, Aksel (fo) m
• Finnish: Akseli (fi)

• French: Axel (fr)
• German: Axel (de)
• Norwegian: Aksel (no), Axel (no)
• Swedish: Axel (sv)

Anagrams

• Alex
• axle

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Danish

Proper noun

Axel

1. A male given name, a spelling variant of Aksel.

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 15 602 males with the given name Axel (compared to 20 269 named Aksel) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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French

Proper noun

Axel m

1. A male given name of Danish origin.

Related terms

• Axelle

Anagrams

• Alex

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German

Proper noun

Axel

1. A male given name of Danish origin.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Axel

1. A male given name of Danish origin, more often spelled Aksel.

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Swedish

Etymology

Danish Aksel, Axel. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1371.

Proper noun

Axel

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (surnames) Axelsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 56 075 males with the given name Axel (compared to 1 446 named Aksel) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.