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Axl/Accel a good brother for Milo?

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teddybaer · 17/04/2018 20:41

Finally found a name I love but how should I spell it and does it go with Milo. Second option is Rory but I don't like it as much

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wizzywig · 17/04/2018 22:50

Are you scandinavian? I hear both those names in nordic countries

AnyaMoondial · 18/04/2018 01:49

I love Rory.

I do like Axel ( reminds me of Axel Scheffler - the German illustrator of the gruffalo books) but this is the only spelling that looks right to me.

FairyFantastic · 18/04/2018 02:11

Axel. Accel doesn't look quite right to me. Good strong name.
Milo and Rory go better together but Axel is my preferred name here, so underused compared to Rory (which is actually a name I love)

Peachbubble · 18/04/2018 06:24

Axel, spelt this way, is OK, but I prefer Rory.

Raines100 · 18/04/2018 06:30

I really like both. Would also instinctively spell Axel this way.

howthelightgetsin · 18/04/2018 06:46

I agree Accel (which I would have no idea how to pronounce and would probably say “excel” of “ass - el”) looks like the name of an IT company. Not a person’s name.
Axel is a cool name. And Axl I guess if you must but please not Accel!

AdidasGirl · 18/04/2018 06:55

I know a child called Axl.
They spell is as I've put above.
Accell as someone said,sounds like a computer programme and I would pronounce that A Cell.

Summer1986 · 18/04/2018 06:56

The only Axel I ever knew was a French girl. Not sure how she spelt her name though but it was definitely pronounced Axel

TrudeauGirl · 18/04/2018 06:58

I love the name Rory. It sounds so nice

If it's Axel then maybe that spelling imo?

Accel sounds like it would be A-Sell pronunciation.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/04/2018 07:53

Rory is lovely, and goes well with Milo.

Winchester13 · 18/04/2018 09:30

I like Axel spelt like Axel though but Rory is one of my faves

RoundaboutSnail · 18/04/2018 17:33

I'm not a fan of Rory or Axel, but of the two prefer Rory. Even if you spell it Axel people still might make remarks about Axl Rose which you might prefer to avoid.

How about Rex as a compromise between Rory and Axel? Or Maxwell?

Joeybee · 21/04/2018 02:57

Milo goes well, but I'd totally spell it Axel...not either of the two ways you've suggested. Axel is how everyone would spell it anyway, so may as well go with that spelling and save your child a life time of having to spell out his name all the time.

notangelinajolie · 21/04/2018 03:00

Rory is way better but if you must use your first choice please spell it Axel. The other alternative spellings are plain naff.

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