Hazel
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheɪzəl/
- Rhymes: -eɪzəl
Proper noun
Hazel (countable and uncountable, plural Hazels)
- 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.
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
- A place in the United States:
- A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.
- A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Hazel, from hazel.
Proper noun
Hazel
- 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): /ˈxeiθel/ [ˈxei̯.θel] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈxeisel/ [ˈxei̯.sel] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eiθel (Spain)
- Rhymes: -eisel (Latin America, Philippines)
Proper noun
Hazel f
- a female given name from English
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhejzel/ [ˈheɪ̯.zɛl]
- IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈhejsel/ [ˈheɪ̯.sɛl]
- Rhymes: -ejzel, (with nativization) -ejsel
- Syllabification: Ha‧zel
Proper noun
Hazel (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)
- a female given name from English, popular around the 1990s and 2000s