Girl · English
Hazel
Say it: HAY-zul
Meaning
The tree, from Old English hæsel.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A plant name popular around 1900 and again today.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 274,058 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1897, about 1 in 100 girls
- 5,476 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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