As described in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Welsh.) A fen, a wet meadow. Carse, Armoric and Gaelic, a level tract of fertile land.

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


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