Names like Hazel

[coppergrey]

Husband and I are really struggling with a name for our DD (due November)... thought we'd cracked it with Hazel but husband is now unsure!

We're looking for strong, non-cutesy names with a traditional feel that aren't too popular. Surname is three syllables and begins with A which puts a lot of A ending names out.

Any help hugely appreciated!

[GoldPlatedBacon]

Fern
Jennifer
Harriet

[Tuiles]

Willow
Wren
Iris
Martha
Mary

[marmitecrumpets]

Janet
Martha

[Borogoves]

Gillian
Mary
Louise

[JuniorMint]

Opal

[Quodlibet]

Coral
Juliet

[MachiKoro]

Hazel is lovely, it's so uncommon these days. However, it would be a bit odd if they had piercing blue eyes!
I used to work with a Hazel who was one of the kindest, most lovely people you could meet.

Bryony
Margot
Marguerite
Rowan
Meredith
Marin
Meriel

[RedRosie]

I like Hazel. Very unusual these days, but pretty and classic.

[NapQueen]

Maggie
Blanche
Fearne
Katie
Penny

[coppergrey]

Some really lovely suggestions here, thank you!

Some other names I love but he vetoed:
Sylvie
Cleo
Ivy

Names he likes but I vetoed (due to them being a bit 'normal'):
Sophie
Lucy
Charlotte
Faye

Hazel cheerleading greatly appreciated so I can read it out to him and get him back on-side

[coppergrey]

Oh also, totally agree about Hazel being odd with blue eyes... we have hazel eyes and red hair throughout our family so hoping she'll be the same! And born in autumn/winter too... sigh. You can see why I love Hazel so much!

[OnceMoreIntoTheBleach]

Reading your last post describing colouring and due date, the name Bronwyn popped into my head

[NapQueen]

What about Hazel Faye Surname?

[coppergrey]

I love Bronwyn! Not sure husband will agree but it's on the list. Thanks, Once!

Nap, that combination has been suggested a few times. I'll keep plugging it

[Swearwolf]

Hazel is nice, but I see why you're still looking if dh is having second thoughts.

I have a Sylvie and I think we have quite similar taste. Other names on our list were
Cecilia
Lucille
Cadence
Margot

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Autumn
Rowan
Sorrel
Kendal

[blankpage69]

Heather.

[Spottyladybird]

Iris
Clara
Rosa
Miriam

[crayfish]

Hazel was on my list (we had a boy) so here are my others:

Lydia
Robyn
Niamh
Orla
Eliza

[TheNaze73]

My youngest's middle name is Bronwyn. I like it

Really like the babe Hazel, not too common these days either

[TheNaze73]

Babe?? Name I meant. Dann autocorrect!

[TheNaze73]

Damn!!! I give up!

Awarding myself a

[Tartyflette]

I'm trying to think of the cadence to go with your three-syllable surname, and I think a two-syllable first name works quite well, as in
'dee-dee da-DA-da', (not the actual name Dee Dee ) if the emphasis in on the second syllable of your surname.
So --
Carrie
Willow
Rosie
Holly
Ginny
But these might work also
Sage
Cicely
Liesl
Florence

[Cakescakescakes]

Hazel is lovely.

[MitzyLeFrouf]

It's a 60-somethings name so something like Pauline or Brenda would be a Hazel's contemporaries.