Axel (name)

Axel

Gender	male
Other names
Related names	Absalom

Axel is a Scandinavian (Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) and German masculine given name, which is also used in parts of the English-speaking world. It seems that their origin is in the Germanic word Aeks, which evolved differently in the various languages in this language group. Its meaning is "ax", one of the most primitive weapons of war. [1]

People

First name

• Axel Eriksson, Swedish oarsman in 1912 Olympic Games
• Axel Wilhelm Eriksson (1846–1901), Swedish trader and settler in south west Africa
• Axel Hager, German beach volleyball player
• Axel Helgemo Irgens, Norwegian professional gamer.
• Axel Honneth, German political philosopher
• Axel Jensen, Norwegian author
• Axel Merckx, Belgian cyclist
• Axel Munthe (1857 – 1949), Swedish physician and psychiatrist
• Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654) Swedish statesman
• Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian skater
• Axel Reitz, German Neo-Nazi Politician
• Axel Rudi Pell, German rock musician
• Axel Springer (1912–1985), German publisher
• Axel (singer), Argentine singer
• Axel Theimer, Austrian-American choral conductor
• Axel Witsel, Belgian football player
• Axel Foley, Australian Publisher of Tourist Website and Newspaer called Welcome2Australia
• Axel Ascuy Kirsinger,Chilean Graphic Designer

Also:

• Axl Rose, born William Bruce Rose, Jr., co-founder of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses

Surname

• Krister Axel, American musician and poet
• Richard Axel, American MAD scientist

Places

• Axel (Netherlands), a town in the municipality of Terneuzen, the Netherlands

Fictional characters

• Axel Almer, one of the possible protagonists in Super Robot Wars Advance and antagonists in Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2
• Axel, a playable character from the Twisted Metal (series) vehicular combat video game series
• Axel, a playable character from the Crazy Taxi series
• Axel, a character from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
• Axel, a character in the Suikoden game series who has appeared in Suikoden IV and Suikoden Tactics
• Axel, the 'Dark Hero', a character from the video game Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
• Axel Dark-Key, the villain of Ape Escape Million Monkeys
• Axl Low, a character from the video game series " Guilty Gear"
• Axel Foley is a leading character in the Beverly Hills Cop films
• Axel Hawk, a character from the video game series Fatal Fury
• Axel Steel, a character in the Guitar Hero video game series
• Axel Stone, a character from the Streets of Rage video game series
• Axel, a protagonist in Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Axel Thurston, a character in the anime series Eureka Seven
• Axel Fox, a character in Wonder World California
• Axel Gear, One of the main antagonists in the Rocket Knight Adventurevideo game series.

Other uses

• Axël (drama), a drama by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
• Axel (computer software), a download manager
• "Axel F", the 1985 instrumental theme song of Beverly Hills Cop by Harold Faltermeyer, and later remixed by the Crazy Frog in 2005
• Axel jump, a type of jump in figure skating
• Axel, the mascot of Åbo Akademi University

See also

• Axle (disambiguation)
• Axl (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Axel (name)
• All pages with titles containing Axel (name)