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So unsure!

30 replies

sarabeauregard · 14/08/2018 18:08

Hello! my husband is american, from new orleans, and he's quite set on southern names for our son due in a month. i myself don't mind southern names, but there is one he suggested that i can't tell if i love or hate: Hazel for a boy. he suggested this because a southern writer flannery o'conner wrote a story about a male soldier called Hazel, and apparently the name is quite popular for boys in the south. To be honest, the more i think about the name, the more it looks and sounds fine: any opinions/thoughts? Thanks!

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kenandbarbie · 14/08/2018 18:20

Are you living in the uk? If so I'd say definitely not, it's a girls name. I

SleepingStandingUp · 14/08/2018 18:20

In the UK people will assume girl. I guess you could shorten it to something else but personally I wouldn't give my son an old ladies name

FannyCornforth · 14/08/2018 18:19

I think it's great, but the majority of people in the UK (me included) would assume that Hazel is a girl.

AdaColeman · 14/08/2018 18:15

Watership Down?

HankyPanky04 · 14/08/2018 18:13

Isn't Hazel a girls name? 🤔

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