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Hazel vs Stella

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Welovelasvegas · 08/07/2018 21:04

Baby two due soon and DS is Fraser. Struggle with girls names. Can’t decide between hazel or Stella. Hubby isn’t too constructive. Any opinions??

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StrawberryCat · 08/07/2018 23:19

Both are lovely names. Hazel is beautiful but more popular. Stella is very pretty and i don't associate it with the beer at all.

But.... i agree that Fraser and Hazel pretty much rhyme, which for me would put me off!

Other ideas....

Estella
Esther
Emery
Thea
Ruby
Verity

LucyFox · 08/07/2018 23:07

Estelle nn Stella
Hazel
Stella as a name on its own

pennycarbonara · 08/07/2018 23:01

Hazel.

I really like Stella as a name but I think it would be a pain being a teenager or twentysomething called Stella when most people's first association for the name is a very well known lager. Imagine the one liners you'd have to deal with from annoying lads. (I like the name because I knew a Stella who was lovely, and that was before the lager had become the big deal it is now so I associate it with her more than with drink. Of course, by the 2030s, Stella Artois may be as obscure as Skol is now, but can't be sure.)

whitsunfells · 08/07/2018 22:38

Hazel, really don't like Stella, it just seems frumpy. Estelle or Estella are nicer imo but really just go with your heart - it's not our opinions that matter!

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 08/07/2018 22:36

Estelle is lovely, too.

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 08/07/2018 22:36

Hazel is miles better than Stella, but it virtually rhymes with Fraser.

Esther? Rowan? Seren, if you have any Welsh connections (same meaning, I believe)?

MaryandMichael · 08/07/2018 22:33

Hazel. That was my mother's name.
Really.

lozengeoflove · 08/07/2018 22:32

Fraser and Hazel is far too similar. Hazel is fabulous, but not in that combo I’m afraid.

thisonebreath · 08/07/2018 22:32

I like both. We've got Estella on the list as DH didn't like the beer association with Stella.

Picknickers · 08/07/2018 22:25

Hazel is 100% prettier

NeedSomeTimeInTheSunshiiine · 08/07/2018 22:23

Both lovely, winner. I think I prefer Stella slightly.

AnyaMoondial · 08/07/2018 22:02

Hazel. Love it.

BikeRunSki · 08/07/2018 21:54

Stella is fabulous. String, snappy, unusual but not weird.
Hazel has always struck me as being a bit “meh”.

My niece is called Stella. The beer references dried up by the time she was about 2 weeks old.

madeyemoodysmum · 08/07/2018 21:52

Hazel

Stella is awful

GreenBudgie · 08/07/2018 21:51

Hazel :-).

notsolittlegrebe · 08/07/2018 21:50

Both really nice names.

Is she likely to have hazel eyes?

Fabricwitch · 08/07/2018 21:38

Hazel

Belindabauer · 08/07/2018 21:34

I've always liked Stella.

muffinthepuffin · 08/07/2018 21:34

Stella

FissionChips · 08/07/2018 21:33

Stella is a horrible name, just makes most people think of the lager (and the louts that drink it).

toomanyeastereggsurghh · 08/07/2018 21:30

Really don’t like Hazel but Stella is a great name. Doesn’t make me think of the beer at all.

Grammarist · 08/07/2018 21:27

Hazel is a lovely name. Stella reminds me of beer (sorry!!)

ErrantBakedBean · 08/07/2018 21:13

Personally, I think Fraser and Hazel sound too similar, and Stella is lovely so I'd go for that.

Aprilshouldhavebeenmyname · 08/07/2018 21:12

Artois?

Justfred · 08/07/2018 21:11

Hazel