Stuck on middle name for Hazel, please help!

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Hi all

We are planning to call our first baby Hazel and we cannot work out which middle name goes best, so far we have come up with:-

Violet
Erica
Iris
Meredith
Meriel
Clarissa
Elspeth

Can anyone tell me which of the above work best/should be avoided please! Or any new ideas gratefully received as well.

Our surname is Wll*ms by the way.

Thanks!

Meredith or Meriel

My Hazel has Jane as a middle name.

I like Meredith. Lovely choices!

I'm not sure I would go for two botanical names, so that rules out Erica, Violet and Iris.

Out of the remainder of your list I love Elspeth and Meredith.

Thanks for the replies. Yes maybe two botanicals would be ott. Didn't realise Erica was botanical.

Hm this naming stuff is so tricky!

I think Jade would go nice :)

Erica is the latin name for Heather,I'm not sure if that is its origin but it's what I think of when I hear the name.

Ah thanks yes indeed, I searched Erica + Heather and it comes up with loads of hits! Interesting stuff. I wonder if "ericaceous" is a related term? But I digress! Anyway will avoid Erica to avoid double-botanicalling.

Jade is nice too except I always think of Jade Goody when I hear that name - obviously watched too much BB in my time.

Ahh I never thought of that lol. I like Meredith too.

I wanted to call my Daughter Ellis as a middle name but it didnt go with her first name so ended up with Elizabeth (which was my ex's mums Middle Name) but when I hear it it always makes me think of Betty.

Choosing names is so hard. When I named my first born I didnt know anyone else with that name, now he is 15 and I must know about 15 people with the same name

Meredith was my instant fav. All the best with your choosing Xx

I think Meredith works best

Hazel Violet - too similar with colour/nature matches
Hazel Erica - works well
Hazel Iris - again too much nature matches
Hazel Meredith - works well
Hazel Meriel - too many ..els.

Hazel Clarissa - I find difficult to say due to the L of clasrissa
Elspeth - again difficult to say and too many els

I think short names such as Anne, Jane, Emma all work well as middle names with Hazel. Mary is lovely but Hazel Mary sounds like Hail Mary!

I ove the name Hazel btw. Good choice!

I think Hazel Meredith or Hazel Clarissa sound best.

Violet - lovely but agree too botanical with Hazel
Erica - ditto
Iris - ditto
Meredith - like
Meriel - too much to have two names ending in "el"
Clarissa - like
Elspeth - nice name but you'd have the "el" of Hazel going into the "El" of Elspeth so it sounds awkward

I have an Abigail Hazel so umm, Abigail?!

Thanks for replies, good points about too many l's / el sounds in Clarissa and Meriel and Elspeth. Looks like Meredith may be or best bet.

I love the name Abigail but my sister is an Abigail so I can't use that (want to avoid naming after family to avoid upsetting other family members!)

May?
As in
Hazel May

Nut?!

May is pretty, I will definitely suggest that one to OH.

Not sure about "Nut"! :)

How about Belinda or Sylvie? Hazel Sylvie maybe has too many Z/s sounds running together but Belinda might work?

Maybe I should stick with Meredith or similar. Megan? Mildred? Matilda?

This is so tricky!!

May is another botanical of course ...

You know you want Meredith!

Hazel Iris seems too eye related rather than overly floral to me.
Love Elspeth, this would be top of my list if my own name didn't start El.

Hazel Maria

Hazel Alice

Hazel Violet is also very nice

Agree, you can't have Hazel Iris.

omg yes how did I not spot that Hazel Iris would be very eye-centric, eek! Thanks!!

I like Alice too thanks.

D'oh yes May is botanical too.

Belinda is very pretty and underused. Hazel Belinda or Hazel Megan both lovely.

How about Hazel Melissa, Hazel Marianne, Hazel Miranda, Hazel Miriam?

I like Hazel Primrose!

Hazel Meredith is lovely.

Mine is called Hazel Lois, if it's of any help? Congrats on your impeccable taste in names