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WDYTO Hazel? (girl)
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I like it, although it is more of a GP for me.
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I am a Hazel. I quite like my name excpet when people spell it wrong (Hassel, Hasel, Hazle, Hayzill, etc) and when some people (normally foreign people) pronounce it wrong. Today I was called something like HAH-sell.
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Don't like it, sorry. Just can't get past the witch hazel association, and for me the first syllable sounds harsh.
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I love it. I don't think it sounds too old lady, since I've never met one.
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I kinda like it. But it reminds me of the eye color.
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A favorite of mine.
It's not overly common, it's a family name, and it's pretty!
It's not overly common, it's a family name, and it's pretty!
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I want to like Hazel. It's got a pretty sound, it's got a 'z' which is somewhat unusual, it ends in 'el' which I like, it's got 'haze' which gives it a whimsical feel.
But there were quite a few Hazels at my school (there was a local vogue for it in the late 80s, presumably, because it doesn't show up in the charts) and without exception, they were bitchy and unpleasant girls. I wish I could shake that image off, but I can't.
But there were quite a few Hazels at my school (there was a local vogue for it in the late 80s, presumably, because it doesn't show up in the charts) and without exception, they were bitchy and unpleasant girls. I wish I could shake that image off, but I can't.
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It's totally weird to me that you knew quite a few Hazels your age. I completely can't picture it on anyone under the age of sixty, which is about the age my grandmother was when I became old enough to have memories of her, and who now has been dead for almost twenty years. I just cannot imagine a teenage Hazel.
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I suppose it's easier for me because it wasn't popular for the older generation here in Scotland. In fact, I don't know any Hazels older than the ones I went to school with - who, at this point, will be 21 or 22 at the most.
This message was edited 4/28/2008, 8:01 AM
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This is one name that I just don't get the allure of. But I'm older than most of you, so I'm assocating it with my peers' Aunt Hazel's that have beehive hairdos and smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day. I guess younger people won't have that association.
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I don't know. It was my grandmother's name, who was born in 1906, when it was popular. I'm of the generation that always saw it as a typical old lady's name and could never see it on a child. I'm trying hard to look at it as if I'd never heard it before, without generational stereotypes. I'm still not sure whether or not I like it.
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One of my faves.
I love both the look and sound of it. Plus if I gave a girl that name in Denmark, she's be one of the only few, since it would be very rare here.
I love both the look and sound of it. Plus if I gave a girl that name in Denmark, she's be one of the only few, since it would be very rare here.
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I really like Hazel. It has a nice sound and while it's sweet on a child, it works on an adult too. Plus it's not used very often. Obviously though it's not going to work on a blonde haired, blue-eyed girl! It's meaning is too transparent.
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I love it - always have. It's cute, sweet, and refreshingly uncommon.
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