Given name & surname
Hazel
“from the hazel tree”
Hazel is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the hazel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the hazel tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hazel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 305,469
- 2,889 boys · 302,580 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 7,680 babies
- 2025
- 6,342
- #21 for girls · #4,306 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6,318 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 21 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7,615 in 1918. It also appeared in 24 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (584). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 80,463 as a first name in 2020; 7,124 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hazel’s family of names
In English usage, Hazel has a diminutive in Haze. Hazel has a related form in Hazell. In English usage, Hazel has a diminutive in HASSIE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hazediminutive · English
- Hayzelvariant
- Haizelvariant
- Hazellevariant
- Hazellvariant · English
- Hazalvariant
- Hassiediminutive · English
- Hazzellikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hazel
- Hazel Hotchkiss WightmanUS tennis and badminton player (1886–1974)
- Hazel KeechBritish actress and modelborn 1987
- Hazel AbelAmerican politician (1888-1966)
- Hazel CourtEnglish actress (1926–2008)
- Hazel ScottAmerican musician (1920-1981)
- Hazel McCallionCanadian politician (1921–2023)
- Hazel R. O'LearyPolitician, lawyerborn 1937
- Hazel BrooksAmerican actress (1924-2002)
- Hazel BlearsBritish politician (born 1956)
Characters named Hazel: Witch Hazel (Warner Bros. animated cartoon character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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