"Form of Axel"
The name Axle is commonly a male name from the "Scandinavian" origin.
Axle is a respelling of the Scandinavian given name Axel, which is a form of Absalom. The spelling is identical to the English word axle, the shaft on which a wheel turns, but the given name follows Axel. It enters United States birth records in 1989, which fits a respelling rather than an older inherited name.
Axel means "Vigilant, alternate meaning, father of life, source of all life".
The pronunciation of Axle is AK-suhl.
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