🔥Hazel

HAY-zul

English

"the hazelnut tree"

Hazel Origin and Meaning

The name Hazel is a girl's name of English origin meaning "the hazelnut tree".

Hazel has a pleasantly hazy, brownish-green-eyed, old-fashioned image that more and more parents are choosing to share. Former Old Lady name Hazel reentered the popularity lists in 1998 and now is near the top of the charts.

Hazel is a name that comes from the English word hazel, referring to the hazelnut tree. The word was derived from the Old English hæsel of the same meaning. Historically, a wand of hazel symbolized protection and authority.

When Julia Roberts named one of her twins Hazel in 2004, there was a great public outcry against "another one of those nutty celebrity names", though we saw it as the deserved revival of a lovely vintage name with roots in nature. Hazel was one of the botanicals that were all the rage at the turn of the twentieth century, when it was in the Top 25, then fell out of favor, off the list completely from 1976 to 1998.

Other celebrities with daughters named Hazel include Emily Blunt & John Krasinski, and Taylor Neisen & Liev Schreiber.

Hazel Motes is the protagonist of Flannery O'Connor's 1952 novel Wise Blood, and In The Hunger Games, one of the characters is the variant Hazelle. But the most influential Hazel of recent years is the heartrending heroine of Fault in Our Stars.

A Top 20 name in the US, it also entered the UK Top 100 in 2023.

Hazel Rank in US Top 1000

# 19 in the US

Hazel Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 7 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Hazel

• 19 US 2023
• 7 Nameberry 2025
• 29 Canada 2023
• 10 Future 2035
• 91 England 2023
• 138 Scotland 2023
• 44 Ireland 2024
• 10 Australia 2023
• 7 New Zealand 2024
• 31 Dogs 2023
• 40 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Hazel

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Hazel.

• Ivy
• Violet
• Huxlee
• Wally
• Pamala
• Berneice
• Ivannia
• Emmee
• Terecena
• Apirka
• Kakie
• Debborah
• Sabilla
• Beyonca
• Pomelo
• Morreen
• Million
• Mandolyn
• Adisa
• Anahy

Famous People Named Hazel

• Hazel Scott (1920 1981), Black jazz and classical pianist, singer, and actor
• Hazel Anne Blears British MP and cabinet minister
• Hazel O'Connor English singer,songwriter and actress
• Hazel Mae Clark American Olympic athlete
• Hazel Hempel Abel U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman American tennis player
• Hazel Jane Dickens American bluegrass singer
• Hazel Keech (born Rose Dawn) Indian,British actress
• Hazel Brooks American actress
• Hazel McCallion Canadian politician from Ontario
• Hazel Mae (Cagulada) Canadian sportscaster
• Hazel Hayes YouTube personality
• Hazel Lavery (1880 1935), wife and model of the Irish artist Sir John Lavery whose likeness appeared on Banknotes of Ireland for much of the 20th century
• Hazel Gordy Jackson daughter of Motown producer Berry Gordy; wife of singer Jermaine Jackson
• Hazel Bailey Lessard (b. 2004) daughter of musician Stefan Lessard of The Dave Matthews Band
• Hazel Patricia Moder (b. 2004) daughter of actress Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder, twin of Phinnaeus Walter 'Finn' Moder
• Hazel Jane Moody (b. 2009) daughter of novelist Rick Moody
• Hazel McMurray (b. 2013) daughter of NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray
• Hazel Krasinski (b. 2014) daughter of actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt
• Hazel Flora Lieberstein (b. 2014) daughter of writers Warren Lieberstein and Audrey Wauchope
• Hazel Lucia Castro (b. 2015) daughter of singer Jason Castro
• Hazel Grace Busby (b.2015) one of the Busby Quints on TV's "Outdaughtered"
• Hazel Pyatt (b. 2016) daughter of ice hockey player Taylor Pyatt
• Hazel Nicola Lewis (b. 2016) daughter of rugby league player Luke Lewis

The name Hazel in Pop Culture

• Hazel Grace Lancaster main character in book/movie "The Fault in Our Stars"
• Hazel Burke main character on TV's "Hazel"
• Hazel Levesque character in the Heroes of Olympus series
• Hazel Wassername character on TV's "30 Rock"
• Hazel Williams character on TV's "Gossip Girl"
• Hazel Aden character on TV's "Degrassi : The Next Generation"
• Hazel character in video game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent"
• Hazel male rabbit in book/movie "Watership Down"
• Hazel Bellamy character on TV's "Upstairs, Downstairs"
• Hazel Male character in the “Umbrella Academy”
• Hazel Shade character in "Pale Fire" by Vladimir Nabokov
• Hazel Stone character in "The Rolling Stones" by Robert A. Heinlein
• Hazel Frost character in X,Men Comics
• Hazel Flagg main character in 1937 film "Nothing Sacred"
• Hazel Charming character in Canadian animated series "Little Charmers"
• Hazel character in manga series Gensoumaden Saiyuki
• Hazel main character in the comic "Saga"
• Hazel Wong main character in the Wells and Wong Mysteries book series
• Hazel Cahn character in game "Dream Daddy"
• Sister Hazel American pop/rock band
• "Hazel " Bob Dylan song
• Hazel main character in the animated series “Infinity Train”

International Variations of the name Hazel

• Aveline French