English (especially Lancashire): topographic name for someone who
lived ‘by the hazels’, or a habitational name from Haslam in
Lancashire, in both cases from Old English hæslum, dative
plural of hæsel ‘hazel tree’. This surname was taken to
Ireland in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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