Sage

See also: sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

English

As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage.
As an Irish surname, variant of Savage.
As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).

Sage (countable and uncountable, plural Sages)

A surname transferred from the nickname.
A male given name from English.
- 1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media, published 2012, →ISBN:
  She wanted to give the child a unique, meaningful name; among those she and Linda liked, she said, were Laurel and Lavender. Or if it was a boy, perhaps Sage . “Why not Spinach or Cabbage?” Brian had scoffed.
A female given name from English.
(Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle-aged Father and boyish Master
A place name:
1. A neighbourhood along Trout Lake Road, city of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
3. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Burnet County, Texas, United States.
5. A ghost town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Sage f (genitive Sage, plural Sagen)

Declension of Sage [feminine]