Paige

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/peɪd͡ʒ/

proper noun

A southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.

OriginOld French page ← Old Italian paggio ← Late Latin pagius →
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Meanings

proper nounPaige (countable and uncountable, plural Paiges)

plural Paiges

  1. countableuncountableA southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.
  2. countableuncountableA unisex given name transferred from the surname, of American usage.
  3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
  4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.

Origin

  1. Latinpagus“countryside”
  2. Ancient Greekπαιδίον“boy, lad”
  3. Late Latinpagius“servant”
  4. Old Italianpaggio
  5. Old Frenchpage
  6. EnglishPaige

Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Paige

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APA

Paige. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paige

MLA

“Paige.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paige. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paige,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paige.

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