The name Saige is a variant of Sage, a modern name, that comes from the English word “sage”, which denotes a wise person.
Saige is a first name for girls, occasionally also given to boys.
The name Saige isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Saige ranks 566. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 3 were named Saige. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Saige.
The name Saige is a variant of Sage, a modern name, that comes from the English word “sage”, which denotes a wise person.
What does 'wise' mean? Being 'wise' means having good judgment, experience, and knowledge, and using these qualities to make sound decisions and give sensible advice.
Saige is a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Then, unexpectedly, Saige cried out for attention, reaching its peak in popularity at #339 in our SmartGenius statistics in the year 2022. People over 50 probably didn't have classmates named Saige, for there were many years in which not a single parent chose this first name for their daughter. Although it also has never been in the top 100 of most popular first names, Saige seems to have been in vogue for a while, especially since the beginning of the new millennium.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Saige was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a very popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 9.3% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter A is more common for girls' names.
With five letters, the name Saige is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.3% of all girls' names start with an S, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the girls' names that start with an S, Susan is the most common.
If your name is Saige and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Saige, you can simply say:
Sun
Apple
Igloo
Goat
Elephant
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Saige
Saige
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
S
A
I
G
E
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
S
A
I
G
E
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Saige sounds like this:
