Meaning & History
Etymologically from Japanese 泊 (hatsu) meaning "anchorage" and 瀬 (se) meaning "shallows". The spelling of 長谷 is from a shortening of 長谷 の 泊瀬 (nagatani no hatsuse) meaning "long valley of Hatsuse" [1]. This is the name of a place in Sakurai, Japan.
Related Names
Surname DescendantHasegawa(Japanese)
Sources & References
- Page at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/長谷.