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Don't like either name

Axel and Acer are painfully edgy badboy names. Corny too, they sound like cartoon bullies.

I absolutely loathe it when parents give their twins theme names or those starting with the same letter. It's annoying.

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Axel is the better of the two. Acer makes me think of computers.

Would these twins be of Hispanic origin? Axel has been quite popular in Latin America recently, and Aser is the Spanish form of the Old Testament biblical name Asher. In Spanish the first vowel would be pronounced "Ah", not like "Ace". It's easy to find examples of men named Acer with common Spanish surnames on Google, so perhaps Acer is a respelling of Aser.

I dislike Acer. I like Axel, but I dislike how trendy it has become in the US. Here it's a very traditional name (much like James, William etc)

I like Axel in Scandinavia. Outside it, not so much. And Acer to me just screams One Who Aces, which is probably over-ambitious. Even in Latin it isn't great: literally sharp, figuratively all manner of things including Penetrating (thoughts, smells), Shrill (voice), Passionate (spouse!) ...