Meaning & Origin
A surname originating as an occupation.
Gage is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old French origin, from the Old French gage meaning "pledge" or "security," originally an occupational surname for a moneylender or someone who took pledges. It carries a confident, one-syllable authority.
Gage has recorded over 60,000 U.S. births, making it one of the more successful surname names of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Horror fans know it as the ill-fated child in Stephen King's Pet Sematary, but the name's strong sound has carried it well beyond that association.