Axel (name)

Swedish: [ˈǎksɛl]
French: [aksɛl]
Spanish: [aɣˈsel]GenderMaleLanguage(s)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, French, Spanish, Dutch AmazighName daySweden: June 16 Finland: March 23OriginWord/nameAbsalomMeaningFather of Peace "Cheetah"Region of originScandinavia North AfricaOther namesAlternative spellingAksel, AxlNickname(s)AxeRelated namesAbsalom Alexander eskil, Kusaila

Axel (also Aksel) is a Scandinavian, German, French, and Dutch masculine given name. In Estonia, Denmark, and Norway the spelling Aksel is more common.[1] The Finnish form of the name is Akseli. A French feminine form is Axelle.

Because the Danish archbishop Absalon (1128–1201) was 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/helmet".[2]

Aksel (with variants: Aksil and Axil) is also a Berber name which is popular due to the historical Amazigh Leader Kusaila (a theory says that Kusaila is just an arabization of the Berber name Aksel).[3] It comes from the word Aksil which means Leopard or Cheetah in Chaoui dialect. It is estimated that this name Axentla has come from the name Aksil.[4]

As a given name

Fictional characters

  • Akseli Koskela, in the Finnish novel Täällä Pohjantähden alla by Väinö Linna
  • Axel, a Belgian steam locomotive in the Thomas & Friends film The Great Race
  • Axel, a grasshopper in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life
  • Axel, a character from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
  • Axel, a character from the Crazy Taxi video game series
  • Axel, a main character from the video game Minecraft Story Mode
  • Axel, a protagonist in Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Axel, from the book The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
  • Axel, in the film My Bloody Valentine
  • Axel (The Walking Dead), a former prisoner and member of the group of survivors on the TV series The Walking Dead
  • Axel Blaze, the English name for Gouenji Shuuya, a main character in the manga and anime Inazuma Eleven by Tenya Yabuno
  • Axel the Dark Hero, from the Disgaea video game series
  • Axel Foley, a leading character in the Beverly Hills Cop movies
  • Axel Freed, the main character in the movie The Gambler (1974 film)
  • Axel Hawk, from the video game series Fatal Fury
  • Axel Jordache, in Irwin Shaw's novel Rich Man, Poor Man: the father of the novel's three central characters
  • Axel Miller, in the American-Canadian TV series Van Helsing
  • Axel Rex, in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Laughter in the Dark
  • Axel Steel, in the Guitar Hero video game series
  • Axel Stone, from the Streets of Rage video game series
  • Axel Thurston, in the anime series Eureka Seven
  • Axel the Water Buffalo, a villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic from Archie Comics
  • Axl, a protagonist in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant
  • Axl, from the Mega Man X series
  • Axl, from the series Nexo Knights
  • Axl Heck, in the TV series The Middle
  • Axl Low, from the Guilty Gear series of fighting games

As a surname

  • Curtis Axel (born 1979), ring name of American professional wrestler Joseph Curtis Hennig
  • Gabriel Axel (1918–2014), Danish filmmaker
  • Richard Axel (born 1946), American scientist

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hvor mange hedder... - Danmarks Statistik". Dst.dk. Retrieved 2013-10-21.Jørgen Ouren (2013-01-23). "Navn - SSB". Ssb.no. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  2. ^ Också förväxlingar mellan Askil och Absalon samt Askil och Asgut har skett i fda. Om man nu vill hänvisa till rundanskans askil — i rundanskan finns således formen — borde man ha skrivit 'Fda. Eskil', ty det är i denna spalt man finner askil.En dat is waar. Namn och bygd 62 (1974), p. 183.
  3. ^ Moderan, Y. (2008-01-01). "Koceila". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (28–29): 4255–4264. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.101. ISSN 1015-7344.
  4. ^ HADADOU, Mohand Akli. Receuil des prénoms AMAZIGHS.
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