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Hazel?

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PenelopePickle · 07/12/2017 09:33

DD4 is due in the new year and DH has put Hazel forward as his top choice in name.

I do really like it, but also keep thinking of it as a name associated with my MIL’s generation. We’ve had mainly ‘so and so’s aunt/nan/sister is called Hazel’ when we mentioned it to family.

Our current DD’s names don’t follow a ‘theme’ however one does have a nature inspired name which Hazel fits very nicely with.

Thoughts?

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ByThePowerOfRa · 09/12/2017 12:17

Just remembered there’s a lovely Bob Dylan song called Hazel too. Nice association for me.

daisypond · 09/12/2017 10:49

I know a few Hazels -they're in their 40s/50s, so it does seem a bit dated. It is like a Pauline/Glynis name to me, though if I think hard about the plant, I can make it seem nice, but I've got to concentrate to get that association. I don't associate it with eye colour at all. It has a big Watership Down link as well - which is no bad thing.

FizzyGreenWater · 09/12/2017 10:12

Don't do it then OP, this is pregnancy brain talking - I had all sorts of random names seem suddenly amazing for short bursts. Your DH is raving about it but your doubts mean it's not the name for you. You'd regret this one. Also, if one of your other DDs is Willow then really don't use it! - if it's Autumn, not so matchy.

OublietteBravo · 08/12/2017 22:03

I love it. I'd have used it if DS had been a girl.

TarquinGyrfalcon · 08/12/2017 20:47

I love it - I've taught 2 Hazel's in the past few years (both aged under 10)

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PenelopePickle · 08/12/2017 20:45

@FizzyGreenWater see that’s the category it keeps slipping into in my mind. Even though I do like the name, I just can’t make up my mind on it!

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Tedster77 · 08/12/2017 20:35

I love it. I know one Hazel - a free spirit in her 30s. It makes me think of rabbits (Watership down) and wild Hazel trees.

CycleHire · 08/12/2017 20:34

I love Hazel. It’s a beautiful name. I love nature names.

LilacBearberry · 08/12/2017 20:30

I really like it. It reminds me of Violet and Ivy Smile

FizzyGreenWater · 08/12/2017 20:29

Really don't like it, sorry! It doesn't at all go into the nature name category for me - it's there with Sheila, Pauline, Glynis. Dated but not in a good way, it's so drab! And no good short form.

Erica891 · 08/12/2017 11:46

I so love Hazel! :) Reminds me of my sweet bff in grade school.

saritah · 08/12/2017 11:13

Love Hazel and it's our middle name for a girl! I think of it as more of a nature name than an old-fashioned name (not a fan of Mabel etc.). Though I'm half-inclined to save it in case we have another girl because it's one of the very few names OH and I agree on!

emsyj37 · 08/12/2017 09:05

I have a 4yo Hazel. With blue eyes!! Grin
I love it. It's my favourite of my DCs names and the most complimented one.

UrsulaPandress · 08/12/2017 08:10

It was my mum's name. Love it.

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PenelopePickle · 08/12/2017 08:05

@ByThePowerOfRa one of my other DD’s has a name you’ve mentioned, so I’m pleased to hear that!

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DuncanDonut · 07/12/2017 23:34

I love it! It's my mum's name.

MrsBonato · 07/12/2017 23:28

We know a Hazel, she's 4 and a sweet little girl. Also know one in her late 30's.

Love the name, I don't think of it as old fashioned at all. It's one that doesn't seem to age.

rachelracket · 07/12/2017 23:27

lovely name. i know a 27 yo Hazel and she is very cool

Thingiebob · 07/12/2017 23:23

Hazel is a late eighties name which deserves a come-back. I think it's lovely. Also Sally. Sally needs to come back. I'm so over all the Eva/Mabel/Ivys

ladystarkers · 07/12/2017 23:22

Dislike it sorry

Muddlinalong · 07/12/2017 23:21

I have a 3 year old Hazel, we love her name. People often comment on it.
I only know of 1 other child with the name, and I am a teacher, so in my experience it isn’t particularly common currently.
Top choice in my book 😊.

Lightheartedindeed · 07/12/2017 23:17

I know a 19 year old Hazel and she is an absoloute sweetheart

Smallpotatolove · 07/12/2017 23:13

I am one and I love it. I'm only sad I can't use it for my own child. It's a nice unusual name without being too frilly or girly I think. Oh and I have blue eyes!

ShizzleYoDrizzle · 07/12/2017 23:13

I know it's technically a nature name but to me a it's a 'my mum's friend' kind of name. A bit like Pauline or Sheila.

ByThePowerOfRa · 07/12/2017 23:09

I love it. I also would put it in the same group as other nature names like Willow, Autumn etc, rather than “great aunt hazel”.

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