Axelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ak-SEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Axelle is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of peace”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Axelle mean?
Hebrew: French feminine of Axel, the Danish form of Absalom
“father of peace”
Axel was the Danish form of Absalon, the 12th-century bishop credited with founding Copenhagen.
Is Axelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Axelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Axelle in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 girls.
Axelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Axelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Axelle, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Axelle than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Axelle in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Axelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Axelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Axelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/axelle, updated 20 October 2026.