| The girl name Paige [ 1 syll. pai-ge, pa-ige ] is pronounced as PEYJH KEY. Paige is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is also English. Developed from the element 'page' which means servant, helper. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from the ordinary English word 'page'. In medieval times, pages were male servants to lords, but the modern use of the name is exclusively for girls, for reasons that are unclear. The name is most used in the US. The name Page (English) and the name Paget (English) are variants of Paige. Paige is a popular baby name for girls. The name's popularity jumped from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 1995, 0.298% of baby girls were given the name Paige. It ranked at #58 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.179% and its ranking #89, but it was nonetheless the most regularly used within all girl names in its group. Baby names that sound like Paige include Page (English), Peg (English), Puss (English), Peggy (English), and Peigi (Scottish). KEY: Pronunciation for Paige: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)"
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