The hazel tree or light brown color
A modern American compound name combining the vintage botanical name Hazel with the popular suffix -lee. It refers to the hazelnut tree or the greenish-brown color of the nut, while the suffix adds a rhythmic, meadow-like quality.
Less common today
Hazelee isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,012 in 2020.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).