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Aksel (Scandinavian), Akseli (Finnish), and Axl (English) are variants of Axel. Acke (Scandinavian short form) is another variant of Axel. In addition, Axel is a variant of the name Absalom (Hebrew) in the German and Scandinavian languages. Axel is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1980s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2001 with 0.062% of baby boys being given the name Axel. It ranked at #257 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.054% and its ranking #287, and it was the most widely used among all boy names in its group. Baby names that sound like Axel include Aksel (Scandinavian), Achill (English and German), Ashleigh (English), Ashley (English), Ashlie (English), Achille (French and Italian), Akseli (Finnish), and Achilleo (Italian). KEY: English pronunciation for Axel: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"
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