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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.
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".
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
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
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
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