As described in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Cor. Br. Local) The white castle; from caer, a castle, and win or gwin, white.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


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