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I recently fell in love with the name Hazel. I really like it's old-fashioned but still charming image but i fear that it'll become a "celebrities-baby name" because of Julia Roberts. What do you think? How trendy will Hazel become and will the people automatically connect the name with Julia Roberts?
And what do you think about the combo Hazel Augusta Sandrine? Too long?
I think Augusta is a fresh new MN-idea for little girls and Sandrine gives the whole combo a little sophisticated touch.
Or do you have better mn-ideas for Hazel?
And what do you think about the combo Hazel Augusta Sandrine? Too long?
I think Augusta is a fresh new MN-idea for little girls and Sandrine gives the whole combo a little sophisticated touch.
Or do you have better mn-ideas for Hazel?
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note: these conclusions were drawn from glancing at numbers, and I'm not too good at math
I think if it were going to be a celebrity baby name, it would have taken off already. I don't think that its going to ever break the top 100. It's at 343 now, which is a rise from last year, but... I think it might rise to the mid 200s, but not much higher.
Why?
Hazel is part of this generations Old Names Revived cycle. It charted for the first time in 1998, the same year that the currently twice as popular Stella hit. At that time, each name accounted for about .01% of baby girls named that year. Now, Hazel accounts for about .046% - in the last ten years, its become four times as popular. Stella accounts for about .087% - its about eight times as popular as it started out! Hazel's growth, while impressive, isn't even close.
Among the "Old, but New!" names, there seem to be two kinds of names: names that never quite disappeared, and then steadily rose, like Emma. And names that rose through the charts dramatically, like Ava, which, in 1998, when Hazel debuted on the charts after its 23 year absence, literally doubled its rank in one year, going from the 600s to the 300s. (This was the year Isabella broke the top 100, too).
It looks like the first wave of old/new names that hit around 1993, then a few broke through in 1998, two or three more in 2003, and just last year Camila and Charlotte broke the top 100. Weird, they seem to break the top 100 every five years. So, if things keep happening like they have, lots of the classics should be safe for the next few years.
And even so, I don't think Hazel will ever get too popular. My gut just says, no, it doesn't have enough of the trendy sounds.
I think if it were going to be a celebrity baby name, it would have taken off already. I don't think that its going to ever break the top 100. It's at 343 now, which is a rise from last year, but... I think it might rise to the mid 200s, but not much higher.
Why?
Hazel is part of this generations Old Names Revived cycle. It charted for the first time in 1998, the same year that the currently twice as popular Stella hit. At that time, each name accounted for about .01% of baby girls named that year. Now, Hazel accounts for about .046% - in the last ten years, its become four times as popular. Stella accounts for about .087% - its about eight times as popular as it started out! Hazel's growth, while impressive, isn't even close.
Among the "Old, but New!" names, there seem to be two kinds of names: names that never quite disappeared, and then steadily rose, like Emma. And names that rose through the charts dramatically, like Ava, which, in 1998, when Hazel debuted on the charts after its 23 year absence, literally doubled its rank in one year, going from the 600s to the 300s. (This was the year Isabella broke the top 100, too).
It looks like the first wave of old/new names that hit around 1993, then a few broke through in 1998, two or three more in 2003, and just last year Camila and Charlotte broke the top 100. Weird, they seem to break the top 100 every five years. So, if things keep happening like they have, lots of the classics should be safe for the next few years.
And even so, I don't think Hazel will ever get too popular. My gut just says, no, it doesn't have enough of the trendy sounds.
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I despise this name. It sounds so ugly to me: HAY-zell. Ugh.
I think it's currently popular with the hipster set, but I don't see it becoming popular in the mainstream. It's geek chic, but not fluffy enough for the Katelynn/Madison/Ashlynn crowd. I see it *maybe* breaking into the top 100, but never higher than that, Julia Roberts notwithstanding. Like I said, it appeals to the name nerds, not the Average Jane/Joe.
I have to be honest: I think Hazel Augusta Sandrine sounds very pretentious. Hazel Augusta would be enough, or a shorter second middle name.
I think it's currently popular with the hipster set, but I don't see it becoming popular in the mainstream. It's geek chic, but not fluffy enough for the Katelynn/Madison/Ashlynn crowd. I see it *maybe* breaking into the top 100, but never higher than that, Julia Roberts notwithstanding. Like I said, it appeals to the name nerds, not the Average Jane/Joe.
I have to be honest: I think Hazel Augusta Sandrine sounds very pretentious. Hazel Augusta would be enough, or a shorter second middle name.
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I've always had a soft spot for Hazel, and don't see it as particularly old-fashioned. I met a toddler Hazel in a store recently, and the name seemede so charming and fresh.
Your combo is fine, though not really my style.
Hazel Sandrine Adela or Hazel Margot Delphine would be my version of it, adapting the names but trying to keep the ambiance.
Your combo is fine, though not really my style.
Hazel Sandrine Adela or Hazel Margot Delphine would be my version of it, adapting the names but trying to keep the ambiance.
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Hazel Margot Delphine is lovely!
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I really love Hazel. It gives me the same feeling as Esther, Ramona, Olive, and Frances do.
I don't see it as becoming horrible trendy. Definitely not top 20 for at least the next five years.
Hazel Augusta is superb. Sandrine seems like a third wheel next to it. It's not that it's too long, it's just that Hazel Augusta is simply wonderful that Sandrine drags it down. Sandrine is sophisticated, but the combo is not the place for it.
Hazel Augusta is perfection as far as I'm concerned, but just for fun, how about:
Hazel Frances
Hazel June
Hazel Naomi
Hazel Anne
Hazel Victoria
Hazel Justine
Hazel Camilla
Hazel Audrey
Hazel Ramona
Hazel Theodora
Hazel Diana
Hazel Clementine
Hazel Jeanette
Hazel Susanna
Hazel Beatrice
Hazel Hermione
Hazel Georgina
I don't see it as becoming horrible trendy. Definitely not top 20 for at least the next five years.
Hazel Augusta is superb. Sandrine seems like a third wheel next to it. It's not that it's too long, it's just that Hazel Augusta is simply wonderful that Sandrine drags it down. Sandrine is sophisticated, but the combo is not the place for it.
Hazel Augusta is perfection as far as I'm concerned, but just for fun, how about:
Hazel Frances
Hazel June
Hazel Naomi
Hazel Anne
Hazel Victoria
Hazel Justine
Hazel Camilla
Hazel Audrey
Hazel Ramona
Hazel Theodora
Hazel Diana
Hazel Clementine
Hazel Jeanette
Hazel Susanna
Hazel Beatrice
Hazel Hermione
Hazel Georgina
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I have a soft spot for Hazel because it was my maternal grandmother's name. When my siblings and I were growing up, of course we considered it a typical "old lady" name and I think we just had a knee-jerk reaction that as such it must be horrible, without ever really stopping to think about it.
I remember once my sister saying, years later when we were adults, that when she stopped to think about it, and repeated the name to herself, she realized that it was actually kind of pretty and she sort of liked it.
I think it's charming without being actually "pretty." If you're the type who doesn't like pretty-pretty girls' names, I can see why you'd like it.
As for it becoming a "celebrity baby name", I don't know. I don't think it could really become such, since it was an established name long before Julia Roberts used it, though of course it had been out of style for a long time. I would think a "celebrity baby name" would be a name that a celebrity uses that hasn't before been an established name, such as Apple or Jett.
I love the combo Hazel Augusta Sandrine. It's so quirky yet elegant.
Better middle name ideas? Well, my grandmother was Hazel Zoe. But I think that Hazel Augusta Sandrine is better.
I remember once my sister saying, years later when we were adults, that when she stopped to think about it, and repeated the name to herself, she realized that it was actually kind of pretty and she sort of liked it.
I think it's charming without being actually "pretty." If you're the type who doesn't like pretty-pretty girls' names, I can see why you'd like it.
As for it becoming a "celebrity baby name", I don't know. I don't think it could really become such, since it was an established name long before Julia Roberts used it, though of course it had been out of style for a long time. I would think a "celebrity baby name" would be a name that a celebrity uses that hasn't before been an established name, such as Apple or Jett.
I love the combo Hazel Augusta Sandrine. It's so quirky yet elegant.
Better middle name ideas? Well, my grandmother was Hazel Zoe. But I think that Hazel Augusta Sandrine is better.
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I really like Hazel Zoe. Your grandmother had a very nice name. :)
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I don't think it will get so much more popular than it already is. I don't connect it with Julia Roberts at all.
I like Augusta, but I really dislike both Hazel and Sandrine. Sandrine doesn't give the combo a sophhisticated touch, it makes it dated. But the combo isn't too long.
Hazel Augusta Raine
Hazel Nora Augusta
Hazel Augusta Felina
Hazel Augusta Olive
Hazel Augusta Isobel
Hazel Willa Augusta
I like Augusta, but I really dislike both Hazel and Sandrine. Sandrine doesn't give the combo a sophhisticated touch, it makes it dated. But the combo isn't too long.
Hazel Augusta Raine
Hazel Nora Augusta
Hazel Augusta Felina
Hazel Augusta Olive
Hazel Augusta Isobel
Hazel Willa Augusta
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