Your opinion on the name Axel please!

[Annie973]

Hello everyone,
I'm just passing here to have an English opinion on the name Axel.
I am french and due to give birth to a baby boy in France in 3 weeks 😍
Our top of the list name is Axel.
(pronounce Aksel, not Aksul)

It's a lovely name in France, and not so common.

I would like an easy name in english speaking country, so that if he travels, it wouldn't be an issue.
(my real name is Fanny, and you can imagine the struggle I had..! Ended up using the name Annie when I lived in the uk! )

So what would you think if you meet someone called Axel ?
Thank you 🥰

I love it.

I would automatically pronounce it axul until corrected. It's fine, but I know quite a few baby axels so I think it's a name on the rise - depends whether that bothers you?

I do think most people in the UK would pronounce it Aksul though, if they weren’t told of the correct pronunciation first.

Cross posted!

It's a fine name!

I like it

As it is uncommon I immediately think ‘guns ‘n roses’ and might think you were a fan. This would disappear if I knew you weren’t or it seemed unconnected.
I like the name.

Oh ok, I wasn't sure of the pronunciation in English, so thank you!
It doesn't really bother me, I think it's easy to correct quickly :)

I love it

I really like it

It's a lovely name. Here in London, I know two little boys named Axel.

Awful.

I think it's great.

It's the name of one of our most well known children's book illustrators (Axel Scheffler) who illustrated the Gruffalo, etc

I love it. I posted this same thread 5 years ago when thinking of names for my son and got absolutely slated. Someone even said they hoped I wasn't having a boy if I'd call them that 😂

Lovely name.

Lovely name.. makes me think Axl Rose but that shows my age, not a problem for younger generations i’m sure

😍 Thank you all !
It reassure me a lot that there's nothing majorly wrong with this name.
Can't wait to meet him 🥰. Have a great day xxx

Fellow french person here and it's a wonderful name ! In my top 2 for my baby due in may.

Love it. I have a 1 year old Axel and it suits him. We had the initial comments about Guns n Roses but seem to be past those now (no, we're not big fans incase you're wondering!). Haven't met another one yet although I believe 9 were born in Scotland in the same year as our Axel.

I second 'awful'.

Love it, it would make me think Guns n Roses but I'm a fan anyway!

Sorry OP but in the UK I think it sounds a bit....lacking in gravitas put it that way. It will be pronounced Axe-ell or Ax'el' and people will assume you are a Guns and Roses fan. And whenever I've heard people refer to one of the band members by that name it's not pronounced well.

I can see however that's its lovely with a French accent. But sometimes whats sounds lovely and lilting in French loses that ring here.

I like it but I know a Belgian man called Axel so it’s not strange to me.

I like it. Another French-Brit was called this at school

I quite like it.

As long as your surname isn't something like "Stand" or "Spreadsheet".