as a Last Name
- 17,637
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Gage
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English, Old French ga(u)ge ‘measure’, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for an assayer, an official who was in charge of checking weights and measures.
| 2,094th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,637
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Gage per capita
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