Old German meaning brown and bear-like Bryce From the Welsh name Price. Meaning son of the ardent one. Bryson/Bricen From the Welsh brych meaning speckled. Transferred from a surname to a first name. bBryn/b Welsh meaning hill or mound ...
This is evidenced by the fact that so many of the Philadelphia suburbs have Welsh names (bBryn/b Mawr, Bala Cynwyd, Llanerch, etc). Pennsylvania was chartered in 1681, and the first proposed name was New Wales. This is really surprising, ...
