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Axel (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Region of origin
  
Scandinavia

Word/name
  
conflation of Absalom with Askel

Axel (also Aksel) is a Scandinavian masculine given name. In Denmark and Norway the spelling form Aksel is more common. The Finnish form of the name is Akseli. A French feminine form is Axelle.

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Due to the Danish archbishop Absalon (1128–1201) being 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, medieval forms of the Old Norse name Ásketill, from ans "god" and ketill "cauldron".

As a given name

  • Absalon (1128–1201), Danish archbishop also known as Axel of Lund
  • Prince Axel of Denmark (1888–1964)
  • Axel Brauns (born 1963), German writer and filmmaker
  • Axel Coon (born 1975), German musician
  • Axel Wilhelm Eriksson (1846–1901), Swedish trader and settler in south west Africa
  • Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), Finnish painter
  • Aksel Hennie (born 1975), Norwegian actor
  • Axel Kicillof (born 1971), Argentine economist and politician
  • Axel Kurck (1555-1630), Finnish warlord
  • Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian alpine ski racer
  • Axel Merckx (born 1972), Belgian former cyclist
  • Axel Munthe (1857–1949), Swedish physician and psychiatrist
  • Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654) Swedish statesman
  • Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian skater
  • Axel Rodrigues de Arruda (born 1970), Brazilian footballer
  • Aksel Sandemose (1899-1965), Norwegian novelist
  • Axel Springer (1912–1985), German publisher
  • Axel A. Weber (born 1957), German economist, professor and banker
  • Axel Witsel (born 1989), Belgian football player

    • Fictional characters

  • Axel Foley, a leading character in the film Beverly Hills Cop
  • Axl Heck, a character in the tv series The Middle
  • Axel Hawk, a character from the video game series Fatal Fury
  • Axel Jordache, a character in Irwin Shaw's novel Rich Man, Poor Man
  • Akseli Koskela, fictional character in the Finnish novel Täällä Pohjantähden alla by Väinö Linna
  • Axel Rex, a character in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Laughter in the Dark
  • Axel Steel, a character in the Guitar Hero video game series
  • Axel Stone, a character from the Streets of Rage video game series
  • Axel Thurston, a character in the anime series Eureka Seven
  • Axel the Water Buffalo, a villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic from Archie Comics
  • Axel, a character from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
  • Axel, a Belgian steam locomotive in the Thomas & Friends film The Great Race
  • Axel, a protagonist in Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Axl, a protagonist in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant
  • Axel (The Walking Dead), a former prisoner and member of the group of survivors on the TV series The Walking Dead

    • As a surname

  • Curtis Axel (born 1979), American professional wrestler
  • Gabriel Axel (1918–2014), Danish filmmaker
  • Krister Axel (born 1974), French musician
  • Richard Axel (born 1946), American scientist

    • References

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