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Axel was # 15 on the popularity list last year in Sweden, so it's very common here at the moment. It's definitely having a revival. I much prefer Axel to Alex. Axel is a bit of an upper class name here by the way.
Axl just looks wrong and it instantly makes me think of Axl Rose from Guns N Roses. Not necessarily a bad association in my opinion but I wouldn't name a child after him.

Axel always struck me as a wannabe rock star name. I really dislike it. Oddly enough, I actually prefer Axl to Axel, though I don't know why. Looks more interesting I guess.

I like it. This only person I met named Axel was some boy on my brother's baseball team years ago.

im not so much of a fan of the name, i like alex better. i definitely prefer the spelling axel to axl.

Axel is a really nice name, but i can't think of that name without my thoughts automatically going to the character Axel from the video Game: Kingdom hearts.

I think it's alright. I know a Jacob Axel.

I dont like it at all, too much of a car part name imo, like Gage. I've known an Axel, and people called him ***hole, because they thought it was close to Axel...

Axel ist used in Germany, too. But our word for armpit is Achsel and has the same pronunciation like Axel, so it is a little funny name ;) I know one man named Axel, a very very stinky person, so the name Axel fits really good, I think ;)

I like it. I don't know any person named that, but I did know I dog named Axel.