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Hazel: Is it too risky to use a new favourite?

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bellarosabella · 27/09/2023 23:33

Just wondering. These past days I couldn't stop thinking about Hazel. I love how warm and comforting it sounds and the colours it brings up. We still have a little bit of time left, but overall I'd only have liked the name for a few months before her birth. It feels exciting and wonderful to me now, but I'm wondering if I'll have regrets later for not picking a long-time favourite instead. I guess I could solve this by using a long-time favourite as her middle name and switching if it ends up feeling wrong, but then again you wonder if you should save them for future daughter as first names instead.

So difficult, has anyone gone throught this?

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MrsCr0cus · 28/09/2023 07:42

I love the name Hazel so much that I wished I'd thought of it for my DD and considered having another baby so I could use it only half joking It's beautiful.

Ohyoudodoyou · 28/09/2023 07:39

I absolutely love the name Hazel, I know two wonderful women by that name. Hope it works for you!

mrsmacmc · 28/09/2023 01:45

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 28/09/2023 01:39

I think for you to have suddenly fallen in love with the name (which you've never previously considered) means baby Hazel is letting you know she's has already chosen her own name.

Absolutely 💯 onboard with this 🥰

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 28/09/2023 01:39

I think for you to have suddenly fallen in love with the name (which you've never previously considered) means baby Hazel is letting you know she's has already chosen her own name.

Whataretheodds · 27/09/2023 23:34

I think you've got a bit of time to sit with it and see if you still like it - including for a few weeks after baby arrives. I hear of people loving a name but not thinking it sits right with that particular baby.