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Sage

Sage: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“wise one; sage plant”
Origin
English
Say it
SAYJ · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (66% girls, 34% boys since 1880)

Used from the English word sage, influenced both by the herb name and by Latin sapius via Old French sage 'wise'. As a given name it carries both nature and wisdom associations.

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How popular is Sage?

2024831 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sage in 20242,766

2024 rank#146 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 188043,653

Sage is rising: use over the last five years is 2.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Sage

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Saigesage herb; wise one · English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Sage questions

What does the name Sage mean?

Sage means "wise one; sage plant". It comes from English. Used from the English word sage, influenced both by the herb name and by Latin sapius via Old French sage 'wise'. As a given name it carries both nature and wisdom associations.

Is Sage a boy or girl name?

Sage is used for both: about 66% of US babies named Sage since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Sage?

2,766 US babies were named Sage in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Sage?

Sage is usually pronounced SAYJ.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.