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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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DramaAlpaca · 07/12/2017 21:22

I love it.

villainousbroodmare · 07/12/2017 19:01

Love it. I know a 2yo and a 40yo. Both lovely.

ButterfliesAreWeird · 07/12/2017 17:08

Hazel Grace is the character from fault in our stars and one those reality star quints. Mabel is becoming more popular largely in part due to gravity falls

Auvergne · 07/12/2017 16:40

Is there a celebrity called Hazel Grace? That seems to ring a bell.

IHeartKingThistle · 07/12/2017 16:36

Oh I love it!

eastlondoner · 07/12/2017 16:36

I'm not a fan

helpmum2003 · 07/12/2017 16:34

It's a lovely name. A bit old fashioned maybe but nothing wrong with that - it's pretty not dowdy. Remember 20 years ago if you mentioned Grace it would'very been considered very old fashioned! !

LarkDescending · 07/12/2017 16:33

I like it! I think it suits all ages, and has never been so absurdly popular that it belongs to any particular generation.

I know a Hazel in her 60s, one in her 40s and two school-age girls. It seems to have had a revival in the last few years, perhaps in part prompted by Julia Roberts choosing it for her DD.

Auvergne · 07/12/2017 16:26

Well, my middle name was after a woman my mother worked with who was very tall and willowy and beautiful, which I think inspired my naming! But she would be in her 60s now.

RestingGrinchFace · 07/12/2017 16:25

I really like hazel. My husband vetoed it because he knew a hazel thst left a sour taste in his mouth. She'd be in her thirties now so definitely not a grandma name.

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PenelopePickle · 07/12/2017 16:23

I meant more that I associate it with my parents generation, than it being a typical ‘old fashioned’ name.

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Auvergne · 07/12/2017 16:23

It’s my middle name. I’m not keen but I think that’s because of the accent here. People say Azel.

NoelNiki · 07/12/2017 16:22

*old not sold

NoelNiki · 07/12/2017 16:20

Mabel and Maud have made comebacks.

Hazel isnt sold fashioned name by any stretch.

TeenTimesTwo · 07/12/2017 16:00

I'm smiling at the thought of it being 'old fashioned' with all the Eddie and Ivy and Alfie names there are around these days. Smile

Hazel is a lovely name.

SantaStuckInTheChimney · 07/12/2017 15:57

Very outdated. Very bland.

ButterfliesAreWeird · 07/12/2017 14:38

It's actually fairly common these days. Particularly Hazel Grace

BakedBeeeen · 07/12/2017 14:30

This is one of my top girls names. Lovely and a bit different without being too girly and frilly.

foreverandalways · 07/12/2017 14:25

Absolutely not a name for 2018....

17caterpillars1mouse · 07/12/2017 14:24

I really like it and I know a baby Hazel. I think it might be on its way to making a come back

Stilllookingforwaldo · 07/12/2017 14:09

I love Hazel!❤️

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PenelopePickle · 07/12/2017 11:57

Thanks everyone, it seems like a generally well liked name.

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PenelopePickle · 07/12/2017 11:56

@Tinselistacky she could have, 2 of DC have bright blue eyes and the other has hazel.
I’ve got dark brown and DH blue/green!

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LadyMarmyLard · 07/12/2017 11:03

I really like it

AnyaMoondial · 07/12/2017 10:52

My friend's 18 month old is called Hazel. I think it is a beautiful name. She has had lots of lovely comments about it.

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