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Hazalia: like Azalea with a H; there used to be endless and unfunny jokes featuring Cockneys who were aware that they dropped their Hs but didn't know where then belonged, so stuck then hon to hevery word starting with ha vowel. I find it over-ornate, and if it's meant as an elaboration of Hazel then I'd have expected Hazelia. Which, I admit, doesn't sound good at all.
Hesperia: OK I suppose; pity it's so close to hysteria, and Hesper as a name for Venus (the planet) always seems odd. hesPEEReea
Horatia: Nelson was a most admirable Admiral, and I've got nothing in principle against giving a daughter a fem version of her father's name, but when that name is Horatio, I'm not a fan. I do reluctantly like Horatio for a boy, though I wouldn't have the nerve to use it myself. huhRAYsheeuh