Axelle
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Axelle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: French feminine of Axel; from Old Norse Asketill, via Germanic, meaning “father of peace”.
- FRFrance≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 4.2K
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 322 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French feminine of Axel; from Old Norse Asketill, via Germanic, meaning “father of peace”.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Axelle 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #471 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | 25K | Axelle | 322 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Axelle | 13 |
| BE Belgium | #520 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | 48 | Axelle | 95 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Axelle | 4 |
| CM Cameroon | #842 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Axelle | 7 |
| US United States | — | 270 | 1 in 1.2M | 247 | Axelle | 104 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 8 | — | 14 |
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); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Axelle is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Feminine of Axel, from Hebrew Absalom 'father of peace'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, a female given name, a modern feminine equivalent Axel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme féminine d’Axel; même symbolique d’axe, de protection et de pacification familiale.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Féminin d'Axel, usage moderne; origine scandinave.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Axelle Abbadieb. 1951FRFrench actress
- Axelle Kaboub. 1955CMauthor and journalist living in France
- Axelle Redb. 1968BEBelgian singer-songwriter
- Axelle Laffontb. 1970FRFrench actress
- Axelle Ropertb. 1972FRFrench film director and writer
- Axelle Lemaireb. 1974CAFrench socialist politician
- Axelle Carolynb. 1979BEBelgian actor, make-up artist, writer
- Axelle Muglerb. 1983FRFrench pornographic actress
- Axelle Parkerb. 1987FRFrench actress
- Axelle Equinetactress
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 42 sources across 29 countries.
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 Axelle mean, and where does it come from?
- French feminine of Axel; from Old Norse Asketill, via Germanic, meaning “father of peace”. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Axelle a male or female name?
- Axelle is a female 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 Axelle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Axelle in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled axelle.
- How common is the name Axelle?
- In the United States, the national register counted 270 people named Axelle in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Axelle compared with other names?
- In France, Axelle is the 471st most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/axelleThe 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, “Axelle” — the 471st most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.