Hasegawa Family History
Hasegawa Name Meaning
Japanese: written 長谷川 ‘long valley river’. It is a topographic name found in eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. It originated in the same place as the name Hase therefore the original meaning may be ‘river at the beginning of the rapids’. Several bearers descend from the Minamoto and Fujiwara clans.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022