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 🥰

It will be pronounced Axl in English which doesn't sound as nice imo.

Thank you all a lot!!
So in total we have 2 "awfuls" : fair enough, but as there are no explanations as to why, I understand that it's just a taste think, rather than anything very wrong :)

18 "loves" or "likes"
And few advised that the pronunciation in the UK might not be as nice and there will probably be an association with Gun's & Roses.

This is fine to me! Nothing wrong with that I think.
Oh and his surname means absolutely nothing in English.

I think we've got the name. This is so difficult!
Thank you :)

Oh yeah always loved it it's a great name I prefer the Axl spelling

I think it sounds like a viking name so it's a win from me

It's a brilliant name - strong and decisive.

It's part of a vehicle. Dreadful.

I only know 1 Axel. Surname was Hoyle and everyone drops their Hs in my part of the world

I love it for a French baby. I speak French and it’s entirely in keeping with the language.

I think it’s slightly odd in English.

I like it too. Makes me think of The Middle which isn’t a bad thing!

Rock on 😊

Not keen. In Germany it's in much the same vein as (e.g.) Brian is in the UK. Definitely 'older middle aged man' territory. I think I also associate it with the 80s becaue it immediately starts off an Axel F earworm.

I'd pronounce it ax-ul as in the car part but would pronounce it correctly if someone corrected me.

It's a nice name as long as you're prepared to be correcting people getting it wrong.

It makes me think first of the ice skating move (it's sort of jump), but it's a nice name.

I have an Axel and love it. Always loved the name but was very apprehensive using it. Read so many threads also of people slating it. but so happy we did in the end. It’s great.

Love it.....but I am biased as I have an Axel!
We have had quite positive feedback, no one to our faces has said otherwise!
(Name change as I'm not sure whether I could be identified!)

I would just think it's part of a car or lorry! Boys tend to mess around with other boys' names, so you might need to be prepared for that!

I like it. It will get Alex and Axle though.