Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Sage

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Origin and Meaning

English name

1) Derived from the English vocabulary word sage = 'wise', via Old French sage = 'wise', 'knowledgeable', 'learned', 'shrewd', 'skillful', Gallo-Roman *sabius and Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere = 'have a taste', 'have good taste', 'be wise'

2) Derived from the kind of herb (Lat. Salvia officinalis), via Old French sauge from Latin salvia, from salvus = 'healthy'. So called for its healing and preserving qualities.

Related Names

Sage ♀/♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 English

Further Information

Sage is a name used among immigrants from English-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden (male): In January 1973, 15 people were named Sage (percentage of first or only given name: 33 %) [1]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[2]
9 36 0 10 9 26
Denmark Denmark[3]
6
n.a.
 3
n.a.
 3
n.a.
Finland Finland[4]
n.a.
 12
n.a.
 6
n.a.
 6
Norway Norway[5]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[6]
0 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[7]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Sage.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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