Hazel
Meaning of Hazel
Hazel, born from the Old English word for the hazel tree and whispered across centuries like a breeze through golden leaves, carries the gentle crunch of a roasted nocciola in an Italian pasticceria and the glint of green-brown eyes catching late-afternoon light; she is at once earthy and elegant, practical enough to shade a picnic yet poetic enough to inspire Celtic legends of wisdom. Vintage by birth—she danced at the height of the Roaring Twenties, took a quiet siesta mid-century, then, much like a vine ripening under the Umbrian sun, has ripened again into today’s Top-20 bouquet—Hazel feels familiar without losing her rustic sparkle. Parents taste in her a hint of caramel woodsiness, a soft nod to eco-minded living, and perhaps the playful promise that a child so named will grow strong, bear sweet ideas, and need no raking come autumn (though a bit of gelato bribery never hurts). Pronounced warm and clear as “HAY-zuhl,” the name rolls off the tongue with the easy grace of a countryside stroll—simple to say, rich to savor, and, like a well-aged balsamic, only getting better with time.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as HAY-zuhl (/'heɪ.zəl/)
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Notable People Named Hazel
| Hazel Dorothy Scott was a Trinidadian American jazz and classical pianist and singer who spoke out against racial discrimination and helped improve Black representation in film. |
| Hazel Ying Lee was a pioneering American pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II. |
| Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was an American tennis champion who dominated before World War I, founded the Wightman Cup, and won 45 US titles. |
| Hazel Jane Dickens was a pioneering American bluegrass singer famed for pro union feminist anthems who, with Alice Gerrard, was among the first women to record a bluegrass album and was posthumously inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2017. |
| Hazel Thereasa O'Connor is a British singer songwriter and actress known for early 1980s hits Eighth Day, D Days, and Will You and for starring in the 1980 film Breaking Glass. |
| Hazel Poa Koon Koon is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman from the Progress Singapore Party who served as a Non Constituency Member in the 14th Parliament and as the party’s secretary general. |
| Hazel Barton - Dr. Hazel A. Barton is an English born microbiologist, geologist, and cave diver who studies extremophiles, is a Loper Endowed Professor at the University of Alabama, and has appeared in documentaries. |
| Hazel Keech, also known as Rose Dawn and later Gurbasant Kaur, is a British actress and model in Indian cinema and TV, seen in Billa and Bodyguard, a Suzuki ad, the Kahin Pe Nigahaen remix, and Bigg Boss 7 in 2013. |
| Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown was a pioneering U.S. Army nurse and educator who served from 1955 to 1983, became in 1979 the first Black woman general and first Black chief of the Army Nurse Corps, and directed the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing. |
| Hazel Shermet was an American actress, comedian, and singer known for a long career on stage and screen and for voicing Henrietta Hippo on New Zoo Revue in the 1970s. |
| Hazel Gladys Bishop was an American chemist and entrepreneur who founded the cosmetics company Hazel Bishop Inc and invented the first long lasting lipstick. |
| Jean Hazel Henderson was an American futurist and environmental activist who, with only a British high school education, became a lecturer and advisor and authored Building a Win Win World and Ethical Markets Growing the Green Economy. |
| Hazel Gaynor is an English historical fiction and fantasy author based in Ireland. |
| Hazel Leona Walker was a trailblazing basketball star who led her college to the 1934 AAU title, later founded the barnstorming Arkansas Travelers that dominated male teams for 16 seasons, and entered the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001. |
| Hazel Julia Phillips is a British Australian singer, actress, and TV talk show host known for her work in Australia. |
