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HelpHazel for a boy ? ? ?
Woman just started her 4 year old son in our pre-school. HIS name is Hazel. Very long blonde curls halfway down his back, blue eyes, no hazel anywhere.
Is it just me or is this a girl's name - and the way he looks reflects the fact that mom wanted a daughter?
Is it just me or is this a girl's name - and the way he looks reflects the fact that mom wanted a daughter?
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It's a colour. I like it on a boy. I'm pretty sure I considered it for a boy years ago. I would totally do it to a character, but probably not a real child because other people aren't as open-minded as I am.
This message was edited 6/10/2013, 10:52 AM
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I think she was probably hoping for a girl.
It's a shame, because on my boys list I'm got "girls" names such as Phoenix, Devon and Sydney / Sidney, yes these are unisex but in the US especially no one would dare use them for boys. Hazel isn't unisex, not in the slightest, anywhere. To reiterate, I think it's a shame...
It's a shame, because on my boys list I'm got "girls" names such as Phoenix, Devon and Sydney / Sidney, yes these are unisex but in the US especially no one would dare use them for boys. Hazel isn't unisex, not in the slightest, anywhere. To reiterate, I think it's a shame...
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I don't understand this whole "hoping for the opposite gender" thing. Can't a person like a unisex or ambiguous name without all the strings attached?? Would it be correct to assume (since you yourself mention that Sydney is seen as feminine in the US) that upon hearing you named your son Sydney, that you must have really been hoping for a girl instead?? I personally love Whitney on a boy but sure as hell wouldn't name a daughter that. Also, I view Phoenix as mostly boy... and actually it's quite a bit more popular for boys than girls. I don't think you'd have any problem with that one in the US.
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Really don't like it for a boy at all, but nice for a girl.
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I like Hazel for either a girl or a boy.
The fact that the boy you're referencing has long hair makes no difference. Sometimes boys have long hair, and sometimes girls have short hair. Deal with it.
The fact that the boy you're referencing has long hair makes no difference. Sometimes boys have long hair, and sometimes girls have short hair. Deal with it.
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I don't care for it for either gender. It isn't the most feminine sounding name out there, so it doesn't exactly shock me that someone named a boy Hazel, but I automatically think of it as a feminine name.
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It's pretty neutral for me. None of the sounds (H? Long A? Z? -EL?) are particularly feminine to me and it's a color and a plant and not particularly girly plant either I mean look
this tree is just oozing femininity, am i right
I like it.
this tree is just oozing femininity, am i right
I like it.
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There used to be a regular poster here who always insisted that she liked Hazel for a boy. I find the idea to be preposterous.
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I like it on a boy. It makes for a very mysterious name, it sounds handsome in my opinion.
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I don't like it. His appearance doesn't help. (Nothing wrong with long hair on boys, but coupling it with a girls' name when you're a boy could get you teased.)
This message was edited 6/9/2013, 9:46 AM
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I think Wren sounds lovely on a boy :) I really have something for girls' names on boys, I guess. As long as they sound a BIT ambiguous.
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Yeah, Ren for a boy is legit so Wren doesn't seem odd to me at all. I feel like most nature names are inherently unisex, whether they swing one or another.
Hazel on a boy is just fine also. Haze as a NN already sounds masculine and Hazel itself doesn't sound all that frilly or feminine to begin with
Hazel on a boy is just fine also. Haze as a NN already sounds masculine and Hazel itself doesn't sound all that frilly or feminine to begin with
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Well, because I read "Watership Down" at a young age, where a male rabbit is named Hazel, it doesn't sound completely feminine to me. In fact, I think it's charming for a boy and downright ugly for a girl. Still strange, but workable. I could get used to it.
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A boy should not be named Hazel.
A person named Hazel need not hazel color coordination.
Long hair isn't exclusively for girls. My little brother had long hair when he was a toddler. He had blond curls and my mom didn't want to cut them all off yet. Doesn't mean she wanted him to be another daughter.
A person named Hazel need not hazel color coordination.
Long hair isn't exclusively for girls. My little brother had long hair when he was a toddler. He had blond curls and my mom didn't want to cut them all off yet. Doesn't mean she wanted him to be another daughter.
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