English: from Middle English, Old French convers ‘convert’
(Latin conversus, past participle of convertere ‘to
turn’), hence a nickname for a Jew converted to Christianity, or more
often an occupational name for someone converted to the religious way
of life, a lay member of a convent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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