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Paige

feminine

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Evidence coverageGood

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English occupational surname Page ("a page, i.e. a servant"), transferred into given-name use; the underlying word traces through Old French and Italian back to the Greek 'paidion,' meaning "little boy."

Why it works

English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Distinctive — #346 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Paige means 'Page, servant' — an occupational surname meaning, ultimately traced (via Old French and Italian) to Greek 'paidion,' meaning 'little boy.'.

Paige began as an English occupational surname (a 'page' being a young servant or attendant) that was transferred into given-name use; it functions today as a plain, modern English word/occupational name without a separate everyday-word meaning of its own beyond that origin.

Documented origin: English occupational surname Page ("a page, i.e. a servant"), transferred into given-name use; the underlying word traces through Old French and Italian back to the Greek 'paidion,' meaning "little boy."

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishPAYJ — US/Englishresearched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; Turkish is pronounced letter-by-letter, so Turkish speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; German is pronounced letter-by-letter, so German speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

English (general): /peɪdʒ/

Popularity without panic

Distinctive — #346 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Recognizable without feeling overused.

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