Given name & surname
Ax
“source of life; small oak”·“axe”·“peace”
Ax is a variant of Axel. Interpretations include “source of life; small oak”, “axe”, and “peace”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ax is a variant of Axel. Interpretations include “source of life; small oak”, “axe”, and “peace”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ax is a variant of Axel. Axel has been associated with German, Latin, and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ax through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 356 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ax’s family of names
Ax has a related form in Axel. In English usage, Ax as a surname has a related form in AXT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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