Hazel: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “hazel tree”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- HAY-zəl · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
From the English name of the hazel tree and the light brown-green color. It became a given name from the nature word.
How popular is Hazel?
Babies named Hazel in 20246,446
2024 rank#19 girls
Peak year1897
Total US babies since 1880299,063
Hazel is rising: use over the last five years is 3.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Hazel
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Hazel questions
What does the name Hazel mean?
Hazel means "hazel tree". It comes from English. From the English name of the hazel tree and the light brown-green color. It became a given name from the nature word.
Is Hazel a boy or girl name?
Hazel is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Hazel?
6,446 US babies were named Hazel in 2024. Its peak year was 1897.
How do you pronounce Hazel?
Hazel is usually pronounced HAY-zəl.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.