topographic name for
someone who lived by a hazel copse, Old English hæslett (a
derivative of hæsel ‘hazel’).
habitational name from
Hazelhead or Hazlehead in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, derived from
Old English hæsel ‘hazel’ + heafod ‘head’, here in
the sense of ‘hill’; also a topographic name of similar etymological
origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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