Akseli
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Akseli is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: axle (pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar or shaft connecting opposite wheels).
- FIFinland1 in 447(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 78K
- DKDenmark1 in 1.5M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 10 (measured from records)
- 1 in 447 (inferred from the name graph)
12,456 people
Reference-verified
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
axle (pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar or shaft connecting opposite wheels)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Akseli 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.
12,456 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Akseli Listob. 1856FIFinnish politician and journalist (1856-1921)
- Akseli Gallen-Kallelab. 1865FIFinnish painter (1865-1931)
- Akseli Rauanheimob. 1871FIFinnish politician and journalist
- Akseli Anttilab. 1897FIFinnish politician and Soviet military leader (1897–1953)
- Ville Juurikkalab. 1980FInot in their usual nameFinnish photographer and music video director
- Akseli Kokkonenb. 1984NOFinnish-Norwegian ski jumper
- Miki Kuusib. 1989FInot in their usual namestartup entrepreneur
- Akseli Pelvasb. 1989FIFinnish association football player
- Akseli Aaltob. 2006FIbadminton player
- Akseli Puukkob. 2006FIFinnish footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 48 | #23,366 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 25 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Akseli mean, and where does it come from?
- axle (pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar or shaft connecting opposite wheels) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Akseli a male or female name?
- Akseli 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.
- What are other forms of the name Akseli?
- In the etymology graph, Axel, Aki and Aksel are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Akseli have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Akseli, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled akseli.
- Where is Akseli most common?
- Akseli is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 447 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Akseli?
- In Finland, the national register counted 12,456 people named Akseli, about 1 in 447 residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/akseliThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Akseli”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.