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Guage
How to Pronounce Guage
Pronounced GAYJ /ˈɡeɪdʒ/Low
Meaning: Guage is a respelling of Gauge, the given name taken from the English word gauge, meaning 'a measure, standard, or measuring instrument.' Gauge entered English from Old North French gauge and rose as a rugged, one-syllable boy's name in the two-thousands. The transposed vowels in Guage are a common misspelling of the same word, so it carries the identical 'measure' sense.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Guage is the boy's name Gauge in a transposed spelling, from the English word gauge, 'a measure or standard.' Gauge caught on in the two-thousands as a short, tough, surname-flavored name, and Guage is the frequent gua-/gau- misspelling recorded as a given name. It carries the same crisp, mechanical-sounding meaning.
Guage was never common, given to only about fourteen boys a year around 2005 and staying rare beside the more usual Gauge. A boy named Guage then is in his late teens today, born in the peak years of blunt, one-syllable word-names for boys.
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What does the name Guage mean?
It is a respelling of Gauge, from the English word gauge, 'a measure or standard,' used as a modern boy's name.
How do you pronounce Guage?
It is said GAYJ /ˈɡeɪdʒ/ - one syllable.
Is Guage a boy or girl name?
Guage is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Guage?
It was always rare, given to only about fourteen boys a year at its peak in the mid-two-thousands.