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MagPie 1986 · March 2013

As seen this AM:

Axel (b)

Lochlan (g)

and, yes, Axel is 100% named after the car part.

austenreader85 · March 2013

Maybe they just didn't know how to spell Axel? I can hope, right?

MagPie 1986 · March 2013

austenreader85:
Maybe they just didn't know how to spell Axel? I can hope, right?

bahaha..no you're right! I can't read or spell!

coraggiosa · March 2013

Lachlan is a beautiful Irish name for boys, but I really don't understand why people feel the need to changing to spelling or give it to a girl.

MagPie 1986 · March 2013

coraggiosa:
Lachlan is a beautiful Irish name for boys, but I really don't understand why people feel the need to changing to spelling or give it to a girl.

Ya, I agree. I'm pretty sure they don't have strong Irish ties that influenced their naming. I guess I just side-eye people that give strong cultural names to their children when they're not of that ethnicity. to each their own

MagPie 1986 · March 2013

and Axel....im sorry, but that's bad

cakebatter27 · March 2013

It always disappoints me when people give girls boys' names and change the spelling to be more feminine. Axel just makes me cringe.

jennyshawn0808 · March 2013

Wow, how bad

Elinetrouwt · March 2013

Axel is actually a legit name in German/Dutch speaking countries, and I think in Scandinavia as well. But if they named him after car parts, that's just sad.

sweetpea2003 · March 2013

Meh. I actually like both names.

Axel is my great-grandfather's name. He was Danish and lived in Denmark.

Lachlan is an Irish boy's name. I don't like it on a girl, but I don't side eye the name in general.

1covejack · March 2013

Axel was my Swedish grandfather's name. It's a legit name.

MagPie 1986 · March 2013

1covejack:
Axel was my Swedish grandfather's name. It's a legit name.

Swedish Axel = legit

I like cars so I'm going to name my kid Axel = not legit (i know 100% it was this one)

austenreader85 · March 2013

Axel is legit, that's why I asked the question. I tend to have to remind myself it's legit just because I have no exposure to that culture before this board but I wouldn't side eye it. I would side eye if they were going for Axel but spelled it Axle to be unique or something. Don't like Lachlan on a girl either.

NewFamily09 · March 2013

I love the name Lochlan/Lachlan. Depending on how you spell it, I think it's Irish or Scottish (where my family is from). PP said it's a boy's name. I always though it was a girl's name but I've never known anyone with it so I could totally have been wrong. I think it's a really cool name if you have that heritage.

lovebug33 · March 2013

Elinetrouwt:
Axel is actually a legit name in German/Dutch speaking countries, and I think in Scandinavia as well. But if they named him after car parts, that's just sad.

Axel is like a Swedish name? Hmmm. . . I had an Axel in class and his sister was Ingrid. I always thought that was an odd pairing but maybe if they are both Swedish. However, they are Mexican, so I don't really know!

janneann1127 · March 2013

I have a friend who named her son Axel. It is actually a legit name in Sweden, which is where she is from.

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