The name Hazel is a boy's name meaning "the hazelnut tree".

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The charming vintage nature and color name Hazel has become popular for girls, but more than 30 baby boys were named Hazel in the US in a recent year. In fact, it's not a new thing for boys to be called Hazel. It ranked in the US Top 1000 from the late 1800s to the 1930s, peaking in 1891 when it briefly entered the Top 500, and again in 1920 when it was given to nearly 80 boys.
 
Borne by the hero buck rabbit of Richard Adams' Watership Down series and a character in John Steinbeck's Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday, it could be shortened to the cool Hayes or Haze.

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The name Hazel peaked for boys at #438 in 1904. The name is most popular in HAZEL, HAZEL, and HAZEL. Hazel is also used for girls, ranking #19 in 2024.

The name Hazel is a girl's name of English origin meaning "the hazelnut tree".

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Hazel has a pleasantly hazy, brownish-green-eyed, old-fashioned image that more and more parents are choosing to share. Former Old Lady name Hazel reentered the popularity lists in 1998 and now is near the top of the charts.
 
Hazel is a name that comes from the English word hazel, referring to the hazelnut tree. The word was derived from the Old English hæsel of the same meaning. Historically, a wand of hazel symbolized protection and authority.
 
When Julia Roberts named one of her twins Hazel in 2004, there was a great public outcry against "another one of those nutty celebrity names", though we saw it as the deserved revival of a lovely vintage name with roots in nature. Hazel was one of the botanicals that were all the rage at the turn of the twentieth century, when it was in the Top 25, then fell out of favor, off the list completely from 1976 to 1998.
 
Other celebrities with daughters named Hazel include Emily Blunt & John Krasinski, and Taylor Neisen & Liev Schreiber.
 
Hazel Motes is the protagonist of Flannery O'Connor's 1952 novel Wise Blood, and In The Hunger Games, one of the characters is the variant Hazelle. But the most influential Hazel of recent years is the heartrending heroine of Fault in Our Stars.
 
In a recent year, Hazel featured in the Top 10 in New Zealand and Australia, the Top 20 in the US and Canada, the Top 50 in Ireland, the Top 100 in the UK, and the Top 500 in the Netherlands. Given to 6400 girls in he US, Hazel was also chosen for 45 boys.
 
Love Hazel but not its popularity? Other nature-inspired vintage names include Myrtle, Sylvie, Goldie, Viola, and Fern, while some vintage leaning sound-alikes include Sybil, Hester, Adele, Zella, Mozelle, and Laurel.

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The name Hazel is currently ranked #19 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #18 in 2023. The name is most popular in HAZEL, HAZEL, and HAZEL. Hazel is occasionally used for boys in 2024.

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