PAIGE

Paige: translation

A modern female given name used regularly in America, but seldom elsewhere. It is evidently a transferred use of the surnamePaige, a less common variant ofPage, originally an occupational name given to someone who served as a page to a great lord. It is not clear why this should have been taken up in the 20th century as a female given name. TheAmericanfilm actress Janis Paige (born in 1920 under the name Donna Mae Jaden) may have something to do with it. There are a number of actresses and singers who spell their surnamePage, but they are unlikely to have directly influenced the choice of the given name in this spelling.