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  • thintaonga
    -gren is a Swedish term meaning "branch". Hessel can be several things in various Germanic and Scandinavian languages - either a colour, a rich shade of brown, or a first name. In Swedish it is a colour, a sort of hazel. The surname itself is Swedish, so its meaning is a hazel colour branch.
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  • Oria the Greek
    Hasler is a variation of the English place name Hazel, derived from Old English hœsel = hazel, which was the name of the man who lived near the hazel tree or grove. Other variations are Hazell, Hasel, Haisell, Hessel, Heazel, Haseler, Haselar, Heasler . The Swedish version of the name is Hassel, Hessel . Hasling, Hazlett are collective forms found in England. The ornamental compound names used in Sweden with Hassel as a first element include Hasselberg (hazel hill), Hasselgren, Hesselgren (hazel branch), Hesselblad, Hasselblad (hazel leaf).
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