Hazel

• (surname): Hasell, Hazell

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪzəl

Hazel (countable and uncountable, plural Hazels)

1. A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
   • 1880 Steele MacKaye: Hazel Kirke ( An Iron Will):

     GREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke!

     ARTHUR. Deceived her? How?

     GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a farce, a lie.

   • 1908 S. Florence Ray: Fallen Petals. page 17:

     In the month of May,

     When all nature seems in touch with hidden jewels,

     We called her Hazel,

     Hazel May.

   • 2002, Susan Starbuck, Hazel Wolf: Fighting the Establishment., →ISBN, page 26:

     Now, as I mentioned earlier, I never liked the name Hazel. I didn't like being called after a nut. I wanted to be called Rosemary, something pretty.

2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.
   2. A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
   4. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

• Zahlé, hazle

From English Hazel, from hazel.

Hazel

1. a female given name from English

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From English Hazel.

• Hyphenation: ha‧zel

Hazel

1. a female given name from English, popular around the 1990s and 2000s