If I heard a little girl called
Hayes, I would assume it was short for
Hazel. If I saw it written down, I would take it as a boy. The sound of it is nice, but she would have to clarify her name often- "It's not short for
Hazel", "I spell it
Hayes, not
Haze", "over here, It's me a girl" I don't know how aggravating it is to clarify your name personally. I like
Hayes Marie better than
Hayes Elena.