Lois or Hazel?

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Which do you prefer and why? Any other suggestions?

Lois is amazing, I feel Hazel is a bit old fashioned

Lois is lovely. But it will get mispronounced a lot. My closest friend is called Lois and has been called "Louis" "Lewis" and "Louise" a squillion times.

Lois.

I prefer Hazel

Hazel - more of a classic.

Lois is more faddy. I feel it's a name that appeals to women who have very dark hair with very short fringes and wear a lot of bangles.

Lois

Both are nice, I slightly prefer Lois, but the four-letter L names like Lily, Lila, Leah, Lola, Luna etc are very popular right now, so Hazel might be more distinctive.

Hazel definitely. It feels a bit more special.

Are you pronouncing Lois LOW IS or LOYSE?
I know older ladies with both pronunciations . I like the second version best but prefer both to Hazel.

Hazel definitely
I live in Wales and here , Lois is pronounced Loyce ( rhymes with Joyce ) and is not good

Hazel.. earthy, grounded and beautiful

I much prefer the welsh pronunciation @Veryfishy , and it's pronounced that way in many other countries, including Greece.

I’d go for Hazel, I feel Lois is over used, you very rarely hear the name Hazel.

Lois: sassy and modern
hazel: boring and plodding

Hazel is ok.

Lois is one of the ugliest names I can think of. So blubbery and claggy.

Hazel!

Hazel is nice and has character.

Like a pp, there are so many vowel-y names with ls in them ATM. Elara, Lilah, Lola, Lyrah etc. They all blend into one a bit and it makes them lack a bit of personality for my tastes.

Hi I am Hazel.....mmmm boring and plodding.

Unnecessarily unkind.

I prefer Lois but both are lovely.

I like both, but I'd say Hazel would be my top choice.

Love Lois - strong and elegant

I really don’t like Hazel, but I think it’s because a friend of mine had a terrible stepmother who said it AY-ZWIL. It’s OK, if a bit spiky

Ines
Oona
Clio
Honor
Catrin
Carys
Olwen

might be others

I prefer Lois of the two you mentioned.

Hazel conjures up an image of a child with mousey brown hair and hazel eyes for me. Any other colour combination would just seem wrong! lol

Other suggestions:

Thea
Vivienne
Cordelia
Faith

Hazel is much nicer.

Really dislike Lois.

Hugo & Georgina

Did you post on the right thread , @Trez1510 ?