Axél

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Axél is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 99th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From English Axel, from Danish Aksel.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 1.2K
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 1.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Axél itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

60,838 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
381 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 168 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AxélLatin(measured from records)
ΑξελGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Axel in FR France, AR Argentina, SE Sweden and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Axél: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Axél
  1. EnglishAxel(measured from records)
  2. DanishAksel(measured from records)

From English Axel, from Danish Aksel.

Sources 5

  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Wiktionary
  • 2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Axél counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Axél is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden—60,8381 in 16861KAxel38
FR France#212≈57,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K89KAxel381
US United States—42,9991 in 7.7K43KAxel323
AR Argentina#319≈38,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K593Axel124
EC Ecuador—18,8101 in 89919KAxel44
GT Guatemala#99≈14,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Axel58
NO Norway—6,509as Aksel1 in 84024K—24
DK Denmark—6,375as Aksel1 in 9216.4K——
IS Iceland—5451 in 644545——

60,838 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INEC — civil registry names; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Axél is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name34 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Australia, Belgium

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Axel, Aexel, Äxel, Äxël, Àxel

  • Lao given name58 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Türkiye, United States

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Axel, Excel, Esen, Axcel, Ezel

  • Swedish given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Axel, Axèl, Åxel, Âxêl, Axël

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Axél under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Axél mean, and where does it come from?
From English Axel, from Danish Aksel. Recorded by Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,… and Wiktionary and 3 other sources.
Is Axél a male or female name?
Axél is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Axél have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 61 thousand people named Axél, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled axel.
Where is Axél most common?
Axél is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 168 people carrying it.
How common is the name Axél?
In Sweden, the national register counted 60,838 people named Axél, about 1 in 168 residents.
How common is Axél compared with other names?
In Guatemala, Axél is the 99th most common given name of 22,774 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Axél” — the 99th most common given name in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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