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It sounds completely feminine to me.

It is not masculine. I like it on a girl.

I really like it. Which is odd since I'm not keen ot as a feminine name..

Yes! Love it.

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I love it for anyone. It’s great on a boy. Rich meaning & interesting sound.

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Edit: Wanted to add all it takes is knowing one person to change an association. If you knew a boy Hazel and used his name often, you’d be unlikely to find it odd, unusable or “too feminine”.

This message was edited 3/2/2019, 12:41 AM

It still seems too feminine for me. Maybe for a pet, but not for a human.

Love it!

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It makes sense to me for all nature names to be unisex. I would be delighted if I met a boy named Hazel. Zell would be a cool nickname!

I know a guy named Oliver who goes by Hazel, I think it's his middle name. Sometimes people call him Haze but mostly just Hazel. Nobody ever called him Oliver in school.

This message was edited 3/1/2019, 1:51 PM

This does turn up as a boys' name in the United States occasionally. This probably has two origins" both a transfer of the English surname Hazel to given name status, and by confusion with the Biblical male name Hazael.

On a boy, my associations with it change from the nature one I get when it's on a girl. The haze part sticks out to me more, almost like a nickname, so it gives me a stoner and a frat boy vibe.

Ooh I love it! I don't know anything about Watership Down, though. Except it's a book about rabbits or something. Ha.

This message was edited 3/1/2019, 6:13 AM

It feels like it would be extremely outdated on a boy, like it fits in the 1800s.

Awwh, I thought you were thinking about it because of the Umbrella Academy haha. I don’t mind it on a boy, but I struggle to imagine it on a real person and I foresee it causing some confusion irl. But I could definitely grow to like it, especially if I met a male Hazel, and I’d possibly consider it in the middle now.

I can wrap my head around it as a boy name precisely because of Watership Down... but I still like it leaps and bounds better on a girl, for humans at least.

I love it!

I think there was a character named Hazelton, and it was a boy , i don't remember what book it was, it was a while ago,
i like Hazelton for a boy, And Hazel for a girl, I think hazelnut trees

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other names with Hazel
Hazelwood
Hazael
Hazal
Hazelwin,
Hazelius
Hazelio
Hazelford
Hazelden
Hazelbrook

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Hazeline
Hazella
Hazelita
Hazelina
Hazelle

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that is about it,

I find the idea ridiculous. Hazel doesn't sound the least bit masculine to me.

It's okay. I could potentially like it a lot, if I got used to it...or I'd dislike it, if I met an annoying one.

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For girls, I think of the tree and witch hazel first, and I like those associations the most.

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For boys, I think of the color and hay, plus names like Hayden, Hamish, Haywood, Azazel. It seems more folksy to me when it's masculine.

This message was edited 2/28/2019, 6:43 PM