Not sure if I want to change my birth name

When I hear Hazel I think it sounds pretty gender neutral, but of course what you do depends on how you feel, and not how others feel, lol.

Maybe you should just give it more time and pay attention to how you react to the name? Right now you're conflicted about it, but maybe with more time you'll see a clear preference for or against the name. Maybe that would help you make a choice.

 

I think Hazel is pretty gender neutral but maybe if you're not sure you could experiment with another name for a week or so and see how it feels. You don't have to automatically commit to a name. It took me a year to finally commit to a name.

 

I used to be friends with a kid named hazel in elementary, he was a boy. Only time I ever heard that name being used,but it definitely sounds gender neutral. Either way, it depends.. You seem to really like the name, but as someone else has mentioned, try experimenting with a different name and see how that feels. Like, if you are uncomfortable asking your friends even, just do what I did as a kid: I would go up to the mirror, pretend I was introducing myself to someone, and talk to myself, repeating stuff revolving around the name I liked. Even that will give you a feel for what sounds good.

 

My birth name is Sam and I don't mind saying it because I actually don't mind my birth name I think it's a wonderful name it's fairly simple and easy to say it doesn't have much to it but the reality in almost every TV show or movie I watch Sam is always a character standing by somebody side, and it kind of does reminds me of myself. I do think it fits me so even though this isn't a movie and this is reality I relate to my birth name and I don't mind it. However the other half of my name I don't actually like, it makes me uncomfortable and like you occasionally makes me dysphoric But in general it's not actually a bad name I still allow some of my friends to call me Sam and I told people several times I don't mind if they call me Sam or the other name I prefer which is Tristan and that also by the way can be a unisex name . it comes down to what you feel comfortable with the most. And if that ends up being a different name from your birth name then I say go with the flow why not give it a shot? And if it ends up being that you're comfortable with your birth name then I think Hazel is a perfectly fine name to go with actually before you even mentioned it being a male name my immediate thought was that would be an interesting male name it would be unique but it would definitely be cool to have. But who knows you might end up doing something similar to what I do or what I do which is switching between names occasionally or having certain people call me a certain name because I feel comfortable with certain people calling me a certain one . In the end like I said it's what you want to do and whatever that is people who care should take the time to respect that or learn to understand it even if it takes a little processing. and ill quickly add the version of my name i dislike is the full langth and that's as you probably already guessed (Samantha - very feminine )