Hazel

LOVE this name...but would never consider it because it's WAY too popular right now.

I am almost certainly going to use this as a boys' name, after the heroic Hazel in Richard Adams' 'Watership Down', of course. The name doesn't strike me as particularly feminine, as it doesn't end in an 'A' or 'E' sound as is the case with most nature/floral names. Xx

Hazel Melanie Violet is the name I have decided on for a daughter. It is beautiful.

I love this name! It is at the top of my list.
Hazel Marie Delaney (insert last name).

Why is this name only for girls?

My mums name and in honor of her also my daughters name :) <3 I have just seem the spelling Heizel aswell which looks interesting xx

I picked Hazel Rae for my little girl because I thought the name was classy but also edgy, different enough to where you don't hear the name very often but it's also not completely "out there", and it has a nature feel to it which I love. I hope it stays somewhat uncommon and doesn't shoot up on the popular list.

I named my stuffed Rabbit from Build-A-Bear Hazel when I was 10. I couldn't decide out of Hazel or Nadia but I think I chose the right name for her with Hazel

Beautiful

Hazel was my grandmother's first name. I am glad that it is making a comeback.

I like the spunkiness of it with the Z, I like it a lot more than Mabel

I love this name. It has a nature aspect, as well as a literary one. Personally, I associate it more with Hazel Levesque from the Percy Jackson series than with Hazel Grace from TFIOS. It's short and sweet, with a little bit of spunk in there too. Definitely on my list.

I love this name so much, and I think it would work with Luna and Soren, two other names I like.

I love this name so much, I hope it doesn't get too popular

It's beautiful, but I can't shake the association with TFIOS, and I can't stand John Green.

oh wow

I love this name! I think most people forget there is a Hazel in the Percy Jackson series as well.. Any who, beautiful name, definitely thinking of calling one of my future children (a girl, because I just can't see a boy being called Hazel) it!

Love the name, never read and only vaguely heard of The Fault in Our Stars. I had a nursery teacher called Hazel, who was very sweet and pretty, and this name makes me think of her.

I can see it being a middle name for a boy, you know? But I prefer it for a girl.

I know four people named Hazel and they're all in their teens.

so adorable for all ages. definitely love it.

I could see how it could be androgynous, along the lines of Hilary, but as far as I know it only really has historical usage as a girl's name.

My one year old is named Hazel and I've never been asked "like the fault in our stars?" Even though she was born around the time the movie came out. So to those of you worried about that, I really don't think it's an issue. And the association will fade even more with time. I think its a beautiful name.

I'm a teenage Hazel. I came about before TFiOS, and I love my name to pieces. It suits me perfectly and I get a ton of compliments. I don't think I'll ever mind the popularity unless it wanders into the Top 10... that might break my heart, though I don't think that'll happen. It's never cracked into the Top 10 before, so I think I'm safe.

One of my favourite names, unfortunately The Fault in Our Stars turned me away from it a bit.

Hazel is the name of my Mom's elderly neighbor... I've known her my whole life, so it has a pleasant "vibe" for me. She's a very nice lady, so I have no negative associations with the name. I rather like the name...

My mom asked me if I would use this name because of my aunt, and I had to say no because it's not my little secret anymore thanks to John Green (great book though! loved it)

Love this name. And the Z in it is just so pretty!

I’ve always loved the name Hazel, as it’s an old family name on my mother’s side that goes back generations, but because of the Fault in Our Stars, I’m absolutely terrified to use it. I didn’t like the story at all (particularly because of its protagonist), but I know loads of other people did and will likely be calling their daughters “Hazel Grace.” At best, this will be a middle name choice for me.

Such a pretty name, unique, but not unheard of

I've never thought about this name until I met a little girl named Hazel who made me fall in love with her name (her parents are great namers- Hazel has a brother Arthur and sister Josephine).

Sadly, I think it's going to become too popular by the time I get around to having kids, due to the widespread exposure it's had recently with The Fault in Our Stars and John Krasinski and Emily Blunt's baby Hazel (I love both the book and the celebrity couple, and I'm glad that the lovely name Hazel is being used, but it's bittersweet).

But then again, Hazel might not become too popular, and the Fault in Our Stars association will fade over time. Not as much as I can say for Elsa- any girl named Elsa after the release of Frozen would be fielding responses of, "like in Frozen?", the same path that Ariel took after The Little Mermaid.

Here's to hoping for the latter situation to play out than the former- I'd be perfectly happy for Hazel to remain a less popular gem that would be used by more discerning namers, rather than it become the name of every other little girl you meet (goodbye, Sophia).

My 2 1/2 year old is named Hazel Marie. We named her after both of our grandmother's, and it was rare to hear the name when my daughter was born. Now it is becoming much more common (Ex: Dolphin Tales, The Fault in Our Stars). I am glad we had a personal reason for why we named her what we did, and can't wait to share wonderful stories with her about those two special ladies. :)

Love, love, love this name. It's in 2nd place on my list!

I know a woman called this. It's a nice enough name. Never read TFIOS or seen the movie. But usually YA novels are usually a passing fad. Don't expect the TFIOS association to stay around forever.

I love this name - pretty, but not frilly or soppy.

Actually I love PG-13 movies. .That one in particular. I'm 15 and I've changed since I wrote that comment. So please stop picking on me for a comment I wrote 5 months ago. I didn't mean to start this whole conversation in the first place. I was foolish to write such a thing and I'm sorry. So can we please move on?

It's so immature. It's the teenagers crapping on the name not people who are actually old enough to have kids.

Then don't go see PG-13 movies. Stick to G movies and you won't have that problem. It's called real life. Just because you don't speak like that doesn't mean no one does or can speak using "vulgar" words. If you're too young to go to these movies, don't go see them.

Wow. How disappointing that such a gorgeous name is now being beaten down and picked on because you don't like a book it was featured in. I love this name and really have no association with it, even though I read and loved The Fault in Our Stars. This name is a top contender for me and I truly love how gorgeous and sweet it is.

slow clap for you.

I love this name, I find it unfortunate that this is the lead character's name in TFIOS because now everyone likes it :/

"One of those nutty celebrity names?" How is this anymore nutty than the name Josephine or Emelia? I think this name is completely normal, but I wouldn't use it because of the connect to TFIOS, not because I hate the book or movie, but because I don't want that to be the first thing people think of when they hear the name.

I want to like it but, I don't. It sounds so harsh.

Despite the YA association currently, it's hard to discourage anyone from using this beautiful, old-fashioned name.

I want to like this name, I'm just not there yet.

MY NAME IS HAZEL

that was a very small part of the plot, the book is definitely worth reading! :D

I agree. Although when I have kids, none of the other kids would know what that is :)

Oh, I haven't read it yet. I just knew the plot. Probably shouldn't have mentioned it then :)

that wasn't her real name. her real name was Mary but she wanted to be called Alaska since a young age.

I agreed with your point, but then you got really rude. B-tching? Moaning? You weren't addressing it at me, but I was even offended.

What about Alaska?

I've loved this name forever. It's my eye color, as it is my mother's and sister's as well. Was hoping my little girl would be the only Hazel running around the classroom, but alas, TFIOS has brought fame to it. But I'm at least happy that more people know about this fabulous name now!

It's too hipster. Plus, Haze and Hazy are bad nicknames.

People tend to get really off topic. I agree, there should be more commemts about the name. Why not discuss the book on the forums?

exactly! Much ado about nothing.

Which is why the author's note reads, "This is a work of fiction". And in my opinion, anything that makes even one person think about a significant topic, however unrealistic the book is, is never pointless. Anyway, why is it that this comment section has become a place to evaluate and review a book?

So much crap on here about Hazel but where is the vitriol for Alaska and Katherine (those OTHER John Green characters 😒). Are you really vilifying a name just because of a YA book? What about Harry? Hermione? Ron? While I'm at it--Adam? Eve? Cain? Abel? Seth? Jacob? Joseph? Matthew? Mark? Luke? Should I go on? Names strongly associated with a Book! That no one complains about. Stop b-tching and moaning about The Fault in Our Stars. John Green did not create the name Hazel for crying out loud!

Actually, it is shallow and pointless. Don't get me wrong, I love John Green just as much as the next person, but that is NOT how people, especially young ones, deal with cancer. You don't have time to be poetic. You are dying. Your usually too depressed to fall in love. My mother has been a nurse my whole 13 years of life, and I have been to her work and I have met people with cancer. They act almost nothing like in the book.

I agree. For me, all the people around me are talking about having a little baby Augustus & Hazel running around and it is becoming a stupid name to me

The book wasn't really interesting at all. Despite being an avid book-lover, I thought the Fault in Our Stars was really boring. Just my opinion. Kinda made me dislike the name Hazel.

Glad I'm not alone on this one. I found the book to be really unpleasant to read. :/ Mostly because of the part where Grace and Augustus go to Holland, visit the Anne Frank house, kiss, and then are applauded. No one applauds you for making out in the Anne Frank house. Terminally ill or not, your butt is hauled out of there. Europe is still grappling with the aftermath of the Holocaust and what Hazel and Augustus did would be seen as desecration of a sacred space.
I found it to be kind of offensive, and the rest was drag-ish and boring: a compilation of every little epiphany I've already had in life.

I'm afraid to use this name now because of it's association with The Fault in Our Stars. Don't get me wrong, I deeply LOVE the book, but I don't want my daughter to forever have to introduce herself as Hazel and get "like Hazel Grace, from TFiOS?"

Me too

Hazel is totally a girls name to me. Not androgynous at all.

I like the name but I just don't really like the haze syllable

Who says I didn't!? ;)

I saw it too. I loved it. I cried too. How couldn't you?! ;)

We did see it after all, it was good but it made her cry.

13 isn't too young.

Shallow and pointless? It looked at death from the perspective of young people who were dying. I wouldn't call it a shallow novel. And I don't really see what vulgarity has to do with anything?

OMG I JUST LAUGHED SO HARD!!

I didn't cry at the movie... It's "okay"...

Exactly. But I'm also not alllowed to say a certain word that starts with S.And several that start wirh B. I know, i know, Call me weird.

Vulgar? As I recall I think there's like one f word in the whole book or something like that.

I used to like this name. It hasn't been ruied for me, I just grew tired of it.

TFIOS may have ruined this name for me. :/ Now all I can think of is that awful book and movie.

I'm worried I won't be allowed to go but like I said, I do want to read that the book. Here me an lil sister are 15 and 13

I've never seen the movie--my sister is way too young--but I loved the book.

Well, his own name sounds pretty common as well, lol

I really can see why many people likeit. : ) it's just that when I first thought of it, I started hearing it EVERYWHERE. How's the movie., anyway?

I have a feeling I'm going to love this name ( probably use it as a middle) because of 'The Fault In Our Stars', which I just started reading. Didn't really think Hazel was that popular.

I'm sorry, but I COMPLETELY disagree with you two (Theodora_phoenix and indifendi)! I respect your opinion, but it's a pretty name.

read the book it makes you love the name!

John Green only uses common names in his books haha

My mom had a sis named Hazel who passed away as a kid unfortunately. I think it sounds "hazy" to me though.

Plain name, but good story. The movie was better.

Hazel Grace Lancaster

Simple, sweet, spunky, and vintage - a beautiful cousin to Mabel.

Same

This name is so beautiful, and after reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, I really fell in love with it.

Vintage, simple and feminine. Although it is fairly androgynous as well.

Such a Unique and Spunky name, don't really see enough Hazel's in the world.