Hazen as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hazen

What is the meaning of the name Hazen ?

The baby name Hazen is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HAY-zən (ˈheɪzən),HAZ-ən (ˈhæzən) — less common.

Hazen is Dutch in Origin.

Hazen is a given name derived from a surname of Dutch and Low German origin. In Dutch, hazen is the plural of haas, “hare,” and the comparable German form is Hasen; the name thus conveys associations of quickness, alertness, and the wild hare of field and folklore. As with many Anglophone surname-names, it migrated into first-name use in North America.

Documented as a New England forename by the early 1800s, Hazen gained visibility through figures such as reformer and Michigan governor Hazen S. Pingree (1840–1901), while the U.S. Army general William B. Hazen helped spread the surname in American place names. The given name remains uncommon and largely masculine, though it reads as unisex today. Variants and related forms include Haazen, Hasen, Haesen, Haas/Haase (root surnames), and the nickname Haze. It is distinct from Hebrew Hazan/Chazan (“cantor”), despite occasional spelling overlap.