Gage

Where Gage comes from

An occupational surname from Middle English gage, guage (“measure”) for an assayer, or gage (“pledge”) for a moneylender.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gage
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1993
    Gage Golightly born
    American actress
  3. 1999
    Gage Munroe born
    Canadian actor
  4. 2003
    Peak, #136
    2,939 babies named Gage — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #279.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  • A female given name.
  • A place in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Ballard County, Kentucky.
  • A ghost town in Luna County, New Mexico.
Namesakes
  • Gage Golightly · American actress, born 1993
  • Gage Munroe · Canadian actor, born 1999
  • Gage Brown · American ice dancer, born 2002
  • Gage Skidmore · American photographer, born 1993
  • Gage Clarke · American actor, 1900–1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.