Axel (name)
Axel is a male first name and family name.
Origin and meaning of the name
Swedish (Scandinavian) for Abschalom (Hebrew: אַבְשָׁלוֹם) → father of peace or father is peace .
Ab = the father (probably meaning God) + shalom = peace.
In the Tanach , Absalom is the second son of David ( 2 Sam 3,3 EU ).
name day
According to the Danish Bishop Absalon (Axel) von Lund : March 21 ; May 3rd
- in Sweden: June 16
variants
Name bearer
Axel
- Axel von Ambesser (1910–1988), German actor and director
- Axel Bachmann (* 1989), Paraguayan chess player
- Axel Bärendorf (* 1957), German politician, mayor of Reinbek
- Axel Bellinghausen (* 1983), German soccer player
- Axel Bøyum (* 1995), Norwegian actor
- Axel Brauns (* 1963), German writer and autistic
- Axel Bulthaupt (* 1966), German moderator
- Axel Corti (1933–1993), Austrian director
- Axel Dirx (1946–2017), German politician (SPD) and trade unionist
- Axel Eggebrecht (1899–1991), German writer
- Axel Martinius Erichsen (1883–1965), Norwegian chess player
- Axel Fischer (politician) (* 1966), German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Axel Fischer (musician) (* 1981), German musician and actor
- Axel Grzybowsky (* 1964), German musician, see Dr. Scissors
- Axel Hacke (* 1956), German journalist and writer
- Axel Heinz (* 1987), German chess player
- Axel Holst (Professor) (1860–1931), Norwegian hygienist and bacteriologist
- Axel Holst (actor) (* 1967), German actor
- Axel Honneth (* 1949), German social philosopher
- Axel Horstmann (* 1954), German economist and politician (SPD)
- Axel Ivers (1902–1964), German actor, director, speaker, author and translator
- Axel Jüptner (1969–1998), German soccer player
- Axel Linke (* 1966), German politician (CDU), Mayor of Warendorf
- Axel Merckx (* 1972), Belgian racing cyclist
- Axel Milberg (* 1956), German actor
- Axel Monjé (1910–1962), German actor and voice actor
- Axel Munthe (1857–1949), Swedish doctor and author
- Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654), Swedish Chancellor
- Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian figure skater
- Axel Pons (* 1991), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Axel Prahl (* 1960), German actor
- Axel Reitz (* 1983), German political activist
- Axel Nilsson Ryning (1552–1620), Swedish admiral and statesman
- Axel Sand (* 1961), German director and cameraman
- Axel Schock (* 1965), German author and publicist
- Axel Schulz (boxer) (* 1968), German boxer
- Axel Springer (1912–1985), German publisher
- Axel Stein (* 1982), German actor and comedian
- Axel A. Weber (* 1957), German bank manager
- Axel Werner (actor) (* 1945), German actor
- Axel Werner (theologian) (* 1964), German theologian
- Áxel Werner (soccer player) (* 1996), Argentinian soccer goalkeeper
- Axel Witsel (* 1989), Belgian soccer player
- Dan-Axel Zagadou (* 1999), French football player
- Axel Zwingenberger (* 1955), German jazz pianist
Artist name "Axl"
- Axl Rose (born 1962), American singer (Guns N 'Roses)
Akseli
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931), Finnish painter, architect and designer
- Akseli Kokkonen (* 1984), Finnish-Norwegian ski jumper
See also
- Axel Foley , character in the Beverly Hills Cop series
- Axel Frischmilch , cartoon character
- Citroën Axel , small car
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Noth : The Israelite personal names in the context of common emitic naming . Hildesheim 1929, p. 66ff.