Sage

Where Sage comes from

* As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage. * As an Irish surname, variant of Savage. * As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sage
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #6,592 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Sage Stallone born
    American actor, film director, and producer
  3. 1993
    Sage Kotsenburg born
    American snowboarder
  4. 1993
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2023
    Peak, #142
    1,961 babies named Sage — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from English.
  • A female given name from English.
  • A place name:
  • An unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
  • A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
  • An unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas, United States.
Namesakes
  • Sage Stallone · American actor, film director, and producer, 1976–2012
  • Sage Kotsenburg · American snowboarder, born 1993
  • Sage Watson · Canadian athlete, born 1994
  • Sage Brocklebank · Canadian actor, born 1978
  • Sage Karam · American racing driver, born 1995

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.