Paige

♀ Girl

Pronounced PAYJ /peɪdʒ/High

Meaning: From Old French 'page', meaning a young male servant or attendant to a knight, ultimately from Latin or Greek. Used as a surname and then a given name for girls in the twentieth century.High

In 30 seconds: Paige is a sharp, single-syllable name from medieval court culture — a 'page' being the young attendant-in-training to a knight. Crisp, modern, and effortlessly feminine.

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Origin HighOld French, Latin

MeaningFrom Old French 'page', meaning a young male servant or attendant to a knight, ultimately from Latin or Greek. Used as a surname and then a given name for girls in the twentieth century.

U.S. rank (2025)#346 ↗ Rising

2025 U.S. births884 girls (0.05% of U.S. girls)

Peak year2003

Total births (all-time)≈ 146,732

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

History & Origin

Paige derives from the Old French page, itself from Medieval Latin or Greek, meaning a young male attendant or servant, especially one serving a lord or knight. In the hierarchy of medieval chivalric training, a page was the first stage before becoming a squire and eventually a knight. The term entered English and became a hereditary surname for families connected to this role.

As a given name, Paige was virtually unknown for girls before the twentieth century, when it began appearing in the United States as part of the trend of occupational surnames being used as given names. It gained steady traction from the 1950s through the 1990s and reached the US top 50 girls' names in the early 2000s. Its single-syllable crispness, shared with Brooke and Blair, gives it a sleek, modern feel.

Did you know? In the medieval system of chivalric education, a page was typically a boy aged 7–14 who served a knight as the first stage of becoming a knight himself — making Paige one of the few girl's names with origins in the entirely male world of medieval military training.

Overall data confidence 88%

Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames — Old French page and its occupational historySocial Security Administration Name Data — US popularity trends for Paige

Variations

PagePayge

Nicknames

Paige

Famous Bearers

★Paige Turco (1965–)
American actress known for television roles.

If you like Paige…

Brooke— one-syllable Old English surname name with the same sleek, crisp modern femininity

Blair— one-syllable surname name for girls with the same clean, modern, single-syllable elegance

Brynn— one-syllable Celtic name with the same crisp, contemporary feminine quality

Frequently Asked

What does the name Paige mean?

Paige means 'page' or 'young helper', from Old French, referring to the young male attendant-in-training to a medieval knight.

How do you pronounce Paige?

Paige is pronounced PAYJ (/peɪdʒ/), a single syllable rhyming with 'age'.

Is Paige a boy or girl name?

Paige is used almost exclusively as a girl's name today, despite its origins in a male occupational title.

How popular is Paige?

Paige reached the US top 50 girls' names in the early 2000s and remains in the top 100–200 today.