Hazel

Where Hazel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hazel.

  • English
  • 2 syllables
Hazel through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #352 among girls, with 21 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman born
    US tennis and badminton player
  3. 1993
    Hazel Brugger born
    Swiss comedian
  4. 2023
    Peak, #18
    6,193 babies named Hazel, its best rank.
  5. 2023
    The comeback
    Back to #18 after sinking to #1,328 in 1983.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
Namesakes
  • Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman · US tennis and badminton player, 1886–1974
  • Hazel Brugger · Swiss comedian, born 1993
  • Hazel Keech · British actress and model, born 1987
  • Hazel Abel · American politician, 1888–1966
  • Hazel Court · English actress, 1926–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.