Given name & surname
Axe
“source of life; small oak”·“axe”·“peace”
Axe 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
Axe 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
Axe 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 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Axe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 65 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,834 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,834 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,159 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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