Entry № 6055 · Apache origin

Lozen Lozen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LOH-zen /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Apache
Meaning
"Dexterous horse thief (Apache warrior-shaman, sister of Victorio)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Apache)

A name that means "dexterous horse thief (apache warrior-shaman, sister of victorio)".

She possessed the gift of locating enemies by extending her arms with palms up and turning slowly until her hands felt the direction of the foe — her brother said "Lozen is my right hand... Among the most celebrated Native American warrior women.

Dexterous horse thief.

The name in its native script.

Lozen
Transliteration
Lozen
Pronunciation
/ ˈloʊ.zɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lozen stands.

Lozen does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lozens before her.

Real people
Lozen
Apache warrior-shaman.
c. 1840 – 1889
In fiction
Lozen
Warrior Woman.
2001

Names connected to Lozen.

The number behind Lozen.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lozen reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.