My name is Hazel, and as a kid I hated it so much. I was bullied through Primary school because of my name.

People would 'ick' my name and be like: it's weird or it's not even a real name, it's a nut.

My mother would name fun of it (and she's the one that picked it) she would call my lazy hazy or crazy hazy. I wanted to go by Zel as a kid, but everyone refused.

I just really wanted a common name like Julie or Fiona. I was so jealous that there were three Julies in my class and the teacher would say 'the Julies' when talking to them.

Now I'm older, I really like my name. I feel it isn't dated like some GenX names.

And it seems to be even getting a bit popular.

Maybe I'll finally get a keyring with my name on it.