First name origins & meanings:
- American: Anointed one
- Scandinavian: Son of marsh-dwellers
First name variations: Karson, Carsen, Karsen, Carsen, Carsyn, Carvell Last name origins & meanings:
- Scottish and northern Irish: probably a variant of Curzon.
- The trapper and Indian agent known as Kit Carson was born
Christopher Carson in 1809 in Madison Co., KY. His paternal
grandfather, William, was an immigrant, probably from Scotland or
northern Ireland, who in 1761 received a land grant in Iredell Co.,
NC.
This name appears in the following lists:
Cowboys and Cowgirls,
Cities,
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