Fun Facts About the Name Gaege
- 66 babies named Gaege: U.S. records list 66 babies given the name Gaege from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gaege Mean?
Gaege is an English spelling variant of Gage, a given name meaning "pledge" or "surety." The name comes from the English surname Gage, which derives from Old French gage, "pledge, security, guarantee." That Old French word is of Germanic origin and is reconstructed as Frankish *wadi, a term for a pledge; it is related to Old English wedd, also "pledge." In medieval England a gage could be property or money deposited as security, and the surname may have described someone who gave such a pledge, stood surety, or worked with loans and guarantees. The given name is a transferred use of the surname, so its meaning is inherited rather than separately coined. The spelling Gaege uses ae to represent the long a of Gage and does not point to a different root.
Gaege Name History & Origins
The surname Gage is recorded in England in the medieval period. It belongs to the group of English surnames formed from Old French vocabulary after the Norman Conquest. In Anglo-Norman and Middle English, gage was a legal and commercial term for a pledge or security; a surname based on it could identify someone who gave or held a pledge, stood as a guarantor, or lent money against security. The Gage family of Firle Place in Sussex is a documented English family whose surname goes back to this period; Sir John Gage was a Tudor courtier, and the family later received a baronetcy. As a first name, Gage is a transferred use of the surname, as with many English surnames used as first names. Gaege is a respelling of that given name rather than a separate surname tradition. The ae in Gaege is a modern orthographic variant; it does not reflect an Old French or Middle English spelling of the word.
How Popular is the Name Gaege?
Gaege has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #8,975 in 2003.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | #12,751 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #9,139 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #11,291 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #11,200 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,454 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #11,395 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #12,667 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2004 | #10,402 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #8,975 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #9,779 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,461 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Gaege Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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