Boy · Old French, through English
Gage
Say it: GAYJ
Meaning
From an English surname for an assayer or exciseman, from Old French gauge 'measure', or for a moneylender, from gage 'pledge'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A modern American boys' name rising from the late 1980s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 59,152 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 2003, about 1 in 672 boys
- 619 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gauge
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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