Baby Boy: Axel Markus

Christine610 · April 2010

What do you think? We haven't told anyone. Can you think of any awful nicknames or ways to make fun of it? (I'm purposely spelling Markus with a K, to honor a family member.) What does it make you think of?

SoonToBeMrsTB · April 2010

I think its cute! The only thing that comes to mind for me is Axel Rose and I like him haha

kmpls · April 2010

Not a fan of Axel but it's your choice. Overall name sounds German.

lovemytwoboys · April 2010

It's nms at all. I can think of lots of different ways kids could make fun of that name.

It did make me think Axl Rose at first.

sunnyday016 · April 2010

NMS. Not a fan of Axel at all.

DevonPow · April 2010

I know several Axels (all German or Scandinavian) - I like it.

gogoamy · April 2010

guns n roses is the first thing that comes to mind.

alicatt79 · April 2010

Not a fan. If you really love the names, why not make it Markus Axle?

MrsBraun · April 2010

Axel is way too trendy for my style...looks like the parents are trying too hard to make the kid sound cool, IMO.

shall923 · April 2010

Axel Rose was my first thought. I really don't like it.

BlueCuracao · April 2010

Wow? When I read the title, I thought you were either joking, or going to tell us you met someone with that name today and felt bad for them. I think my mom would laugh in my face if I told her that was going to be our child?s name.

mchupie · April 2010

BlueCuracao:
Wow? When I read the title, I thought you were either joking, or going to tell us you met someone with that name today and felt bad for them. I think my mom would laugh in my face if I told her that was going to be our child?s name.

Yep, me too. NMS at all.

qtsreign · April 2010

GnR and the 80s era.

KentuckyKate · April 2010

NMS either. It looks like a quirky celebrity baby name. I immediately thought of Axl Rose, too.

Allie30 · April 2010

Sadly, I think there are certain names that are going to sound "off" to American ears even if they are very common elsewhere. Are you or anyone in your family recent immigrants of German or Scandanavian heritage? For instance, I know someone who named her baby Zoltan, which is very unusual here, but her husband is Hungarian. I think in that case, you can get away with more unusual names.

I would love to give my baby a name celebrating my own cultural heritage, but between my genetic-freak whitebread looks and my husband's deceptively WASPy surname, I think we would sound more pretentious than anything else. No Zoltan for us. ;-)

cozylittlecave · April 2010

While it's not my style- I like it! As per nicknames- kids will come up with nasty nicknames for any name- and I don't think this one lends itself too obviously to any specific one. My name is Tess- in grade school the boys joked around saying my middle name was Tickle... haha yeah. My mom never knew until recently lol.

I don't think Axel is too trendy- Axel Rose is the main association, and he has been around too long for it to be 'trendy.' It's definitely a name most people wouldn't choose, but I don't see that as a problem. I like it- it's got style!

CourtneyRDH · April 2010

Axel looks like you are trying too hard. I really dislike it. Sorry.

Blondangel · April 2010

Big thumbs down

procella_lamia · April 2010

It makes me think of Axel grease & cars... I might reverse them if you really love the names. I like Markus fine. Congrats.

apc1929 · April 2010

I like it... I know an Axel IRL and he is a great guy- very smart and creative!

MelCfromMN · April 2010

I know I am late on this one, but I just wanted to say I live in a very Scandinavian dominated region and this is a pretty common name here. I think most spell it Aksel though. It's not something I would use, but it's not horrible either.

ausx · April 2010

I love it! Axel is an awesome name!

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