Nickname for Hazel?

ToBeMrsC6907

DH and I love the name Hazel, but aren't so sure about a nickname.  Hazy?  Zel?  Zelly?

Any moms out there that have a Hazel- do you use a nickname?

Ceridwen21

Hazel is such a great name, and I love Zelly

Sunshine is mine

I'm a little confused why you are pondering NN's for a 2 syllable name? and then your looking for another 2 syllable NN like Zelly?

Keep Hazel just the way is is, its a beautiful name.

PhilsWife07

Hazel doesn't need a nickname. 

alliejo725

For Hazel? Seriously?

I adore this name, but it's two syllables---just call her Hazel! There's no reason to contrive a NN.

mbritto4

I really can't think of one.  Like the name, but like PP have said I don't think all names automatically need NNs.  I personally hate the given NN for my name and refuse to respond to it (Michelle/Shelly). 

thatjessie

Why think up nicknames before? IMHO nicknames come from events or personalities and just happen upon them, not something that the parent considers just as much as the actual name.

ToBeMrsC6907

I knew I would get some of these replies...and that's fine.  DH and I just like having "cutesy" nicknames for when they're little.  I guess we're just corny that way. 

We call my son "Russie" which is 2 syllables, same as Russell.

strangebird

I know a Hazel with the nickname Zella. I think it's kind of cute.

Sunshine is mine

Zella is better than Zelly but I just have to say that you probably didn't have the NN "Russie" picked out for your son before he was born...I'm sure it came with time

Wait until shes born, she might end up with a NN that doesn't have anything to do with her name like "Sissy" or "pumpkin"

ToBeMrsC6907

Sunshine is mine:

Zella is better than Zelly but I just have to say that you probably didn't have the NN "Russie" picked out for your son before he was born...I'm sure it came with time

Wait until shes born, she might end up with a NN that doesn't have anything to do with her name like "Sissy" or "pumpkin"

True.

Good point.

PhilsWife07

thatjessie:

Why think up nicknames before? IMHO nicknames come from events or personalities and just happen upon them, not something that the parent considers just as much as the actual name.

ITA.

My son is Andrew. We could call him Andy or Drew, and we tried to think of which one we'd use before he was born. Now that he's here, we call him Dee-Doo. It's how our two year old said his name when he first learned it and it just stuck.  LOL

Ceridwen21

ToBeMrsC6907:

I knew I would get some of these replies...and that's fine.  DH and I just like having "cutesy" nicknames for when they're little.  I guess we're just corny that way. 

We call my son "Russie" which is 2 syllables, same as Russell.

I hear ya! I'd say probably half of the reason Giada is our #1 girl name is because I loooove the NN Gigi!

MrsFinn810

I don't think Hazel needs a nickname...

forensicmama

Zelly is sweet.

amwadas

Zelly is cute.

fraglette

I love the name Hazel, it's one of our faves.  But I don't think it needs a nickname.

starlight8323

Eventhough I'm a huge nickname person, my first inclination was also that Hazel didn't need one.

But after doing some thinking, I've come up with a few that I think I like: Haddy, Hattie, or Hallie <-- this is my favorite one, because it shares the L at the end of Hazel as well.

Zel, Zella, and Zelly are NMS at all. They sound like alien names to me.

courtelizabeth81708

I know this post is old, but we are naming our daughter Hazel. We are not using a nickname...but I think Elle ( Or El) is a cute nick name for Hazel. Its a little different and Haze, Hazey, Zelly, Zel just sound weird. 

And i"m totally calling her my little Hazelnut! Why not?! People call their babies peanuts! My nuts just goes with her name