Hazel

See also: hazel, and házel

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hasell, Hazell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪzəl

Proper noun

Hazel (countable and uncountable, plural Hazels)

1. A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
   • 1880, Steele MacKaye, Hazel Kirke ( An Iron Will):

     GREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke!
     ARTHUR. Deceived her? How?
     GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a farce, a lie.

   • 1908, S. Florence Ray, Fallen Petals, page 17:

     In the month of May,
     When all nature seems in touch with hidden jewels,
     We called her Hazel,
     Hazel May.

   • 2002, Susan Starbuck, Hazel Wolf: Fighting the Establishment., →ISBN, page 26:

     Now, as I mentioned earlier, I never liked the name Hazel. I didn't like being called after a nut. I wanted to be called Rosemary, something pretty.

2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.
   2. A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
   4. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

Anagrams

• Zahlé, hazle

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Hazel, from hazel.

Proper noun

Hazel

1. a female given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Hazel.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Hazel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈxeiθel/ [ˈxei̯.θel]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈxeisel/ [ˈxei̯.sel]
• Rhymes: -eiθel
• Rhymes: -eisel

Proper noun

Hazel f

1. a female given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hazel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhejzel/ [ˈheɪ̯.zɛl]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈhejsel/ [ˈheɪ̯.sɛl]
• Rhymes: -ejzel, (more native-sounding) -ejsel
• Syllabification: Ha‧zel

Proper noun

Hazel (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

1. a female given name from English, popular around the 1990s and 2000s