Aksel

See Kusaila for the 7th-century Beber leader.

Aksel

Gender	Masculine
Name day	23 March
Origin
Region of origin	Scandinavia, North Africa
Other names
Related names	Axel, Aksil

Aksel is a masculine name, used predominantly throughout Scandinavia, a variant of Axel.

The name is also an old Amazigh name. It has seen more and more popularity in region of North Africa in recent times. The name originally means leopard in Amazigh languages. It was held by the Amazigh King Aksel, known as Caecilius in Latin, who ruled over the Kingdom of Altava in the 7th century.

People with the name include:

• Aksel u Mazlam, Amazigh king of the Altava
• Aksel Agerby (1889–1942), Danish composer, organist, and music administrator
• Aksel Airo (1898–1985), Finnish lieutenant general and main strategic planner
• Aksel Andersen (1912–1977), Danish-American organist and composer and organ professor and examinist
• Aksel Frederik Andersen (1891–1972), Danish mathematician
• Aksel Arstal (1855–1940), Norwegian theologist, schoolteacher and geographer
• Aksel Bender Madsen (1916–2000), Danish furniture designer
• Aksel Berg (1893–1979), Soviet scientist and Navy Admiral (in Engineering)
• Aksel Berget Skjølsvik (born 1987), Norwegian professional football player
• Aksel Bonde (1918–1996), Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen (1924–2010), Danish professor of meteorology at University of Copenhagen
• Aksel Duun (1921–1987), Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s
• Aksel Fossen (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Aksel Gresvig (1876–1958), Norwegian track cyclist, sports administrator and businessman
• Aksel Gürcan Demirtaş (born 1973), Turkish track and field athlete
• Aksel Hagen (born 1953), Norwegian politician and member of the Storting
• Aksel Hennie (born 1975), Norwegian actor, director and writer
• Aksel Hansen (1853–1933), Danish sculptor
• Aksel V. Johannesen (born 1972), Faroese lawyer and politician
• Aksel Kankaanranta (born 1998), Finnish singer who would've represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
• Aksel Larsen (1897–1972), Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark
• Aksel Lund Svindal (born 1982), Norwegian alpine skier
• Aksel Lydersen (1919–1995), Norwegian engineer and professor of chemical engineering
• Aksel Madsen (1899–1988), Danish long-distance runner
• Aksel Magdahl (born 1979), Norwegian navigator
• Aksel Mikkelsen (1849–1929), Danish educator
• Aksel Nielsen (1901–1984), Danish-born American philanthropist, founder of the Mortgage Banking Association’s School of Mortgage Banking
• Aksel Sørensen (1891–1955), Danish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965), novelist, born in Nykøbing, Mors Island, Denmark
• Aksel Schiøtz (1906–1975), Danish tenor and Lieder singer
• Aksel Vartanyan (born 1938), Soviet and Russian journalist and sports historian
• Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen (1924–2010), Danish meteorologist and professor of meteorology
• Aksel Zachariassen (1898–1987), Norwegian politician, newspaper editor, secretary and writer
• Kaj Aksel Hansen (1917–1987), Danish football (soccer) player and