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Help[Opinions] Hazel... on a boy?
Watership Down reference aside, what do you think of Hazel on a boy? It's sounded like a masculine name to me for a while now.
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"Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little."
"Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest."
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It sounds completely feminine to me.
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It is not masculine. I like it on a girl.
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I really like it. Which is odd since I'm not keen ot as a feminine name..
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Yes! Love it.
I love it for anyone. It’s great on a boy. Rich meaning & interesting sound.
Edit: Wanted to add all it takes is knowing one person to change an association. If you knew a boy Hazel and used his name often, you’d be unlikely to find it odd, unusable or “too feminine”.
I love it for anyone. It’s great on a boy. Rich meaning & interesting sound.
Edit: Wanted to add all it takes is knowing one person to change an association. If you knew a boy Hazel and used his name often, you’d be unlikely to find it odd, unusable or “too feminine”.
This message was edited 3/2/2019, 12:41 AM
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It still seems too feminine for me. Maybe for a pet, but not for a human.
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Love it!
It makes sense to me for all nature names to be unisex. I would be delighted if I met a boy named Hazel. Zell would be a cool nickname!
It makes sense to me for all nature names to be unisex. I would be delighted if I met a boy named Hazel. Zell would be a cool nickname!
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Zell sounds feminine too.
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Oh...interesting, I didn't realize it was (almost) a biblical name.
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On a boy, my associations with it change from the nature one I get when it's on a girl. The haze part sticks out to me more, almost like a nickname, so it gives me a stoner and a frat boy vibe.
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Ooh I love it! I don't know anything about Watership Down, though. Except it's a book about rabbits or something. Ha.
This message was edited 3/1/2019, 6:13 AM
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WD is great, super trippy. Not for kids.
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It feels like it would be extremely outdated on a boy, like it fits in the 1800s.
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It wasn't used as a male name very often in the 1800s, unless the mother was just trying to preserve her surname.
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Awwh, I thought you were thinking about it because of the Umbrella Academy haha. I don’t mind it on a boy, but I struggle to imagine it on a real person and I foresee it causing some confusion irl. But I could definitely grow to like it, especially if I met a male Hazel, and I’d possibly consider it in the middle now.
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I've been meaning to watch that!!! I have the comics somewhere around here... plus Robert Sheehan is in it, wowzers.
It would deff cause confusion irl, you're right.
It would deff cause confusion irl, you're right.
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I can wrap my head around it as a boy name precisely because of Watership Down... but I still like it leaps and bounds better on a girl, for humans at least.
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It's more acceptable than Fiver though, right?
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I actually prefer Fiver to Hazel.
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Pretty much this exactly
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I love it!
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I think there was a character named Hazelton, and it was a boy , i don't remember what book it was, it was a while ago,
i like Hazelton for a boy, And Hazel for a girl, I think hazelnut trees
other names with Hazel
Hazelwood
Hazael
Hazal
Hazelwin,
Hazelius
Hazelio
Hazelford
Hazelden
Hazelbrook
Hazeline
Hazella
Hazelita
Hazelina
Hazelle
that is about it,
i like Hazelton for a boy, And Hazel for a girl, I think hazelnut trees
other names with Hazel
Hazelwood
Hazael
Hazal
Hazelwin,
Hazelius
Hazelio
Hazelford
Hazelden
Hazelbrook
Hazeline
Hazella
Hazelita
Hazelina
Hazelle
that is about it,
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I find the idea ridiculous. Hazel doesn't sound the least bit masculine to me.
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It's okay. I could potentially like it a lot, if I got used to it...or I'd dislike it, if I met an annoying one.
For girls, I think of the tree and witch hazel first, and I like those associations the most.
For boys, I think of the color and hay, plus names like Hayden, Hamish, Haywood, Azazel. It seems more folksy to me when it's masculine.
For girls, I think of the tree and witch hazel first, and I like those associations the most.
For boys, I think of the color and hay, plus names like Hayden, Hamish, Haywood, Azazel. It seems more folksy to me when it's masculine.
This message was edited 2/28/2019, 6:43 PM
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Folksy! Yes!... like... it could be the name of a boy in a Southern Gothic novel. Fitting in with Jewel on a boy kind of?
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hypothetical sibsets...
Hazel, Wade, Easter, Kermit, Larkin, Jessie, Sterling, Veda, Fred, Gustave
Jewel, Wade, Easter, Kermit, Larkin, Nellie, Sterling, Veda, Fred, Gustave
Yeah, I think they're pretty similar. It reminds me a bit of Mozell, Cecil, Jasper, Pearl, and Golden, too.
Hazel, Wade, Easter, Kermit, Larkin, Jessie, Sterling, Veda, Fred, Gustave
Jewel, Wade, Easter, Kermit, Larkin, Nellie, Sterling, Veda, Fred, Gustave
Yeah, I think they're pretty similar. It reminds me a bit of Mozell, Cecil, Jasper, Pearl, and Golden, too.
This message was edited 2/28/2019, 8:34 PM
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