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View Name: Axel


AXEL
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German
PRONOUNCED: AHK-sel (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Medieval Danish form of ABSALOM
Related Names
VARIANTS: Aksel (Danish), Aksel (Norwegian)
DIMINUTIVE: Acke (Swedish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Absalom (Biblical), Abessalom (Biblical Greek), 'Avshalom (Biblical Hebrew), Absalom (Biblical Latin), Akseli (Finnish), Absolon (French)
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