Save Gender Masculine Usage Arapaho (Anglicized) Other Forms FormsHoosaa, Hosaa, Hósa, O-has-tee Meaning & History From the Arapaho name Hóuusóó meaning "young crow" or "young raven". Chief Hosa or Little Raven was a 19th-century Southern Arapaho leader who oversaw the resettlement of his people into Oklahoma.