Gage Name Meaning & Origin
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One of our twins is named Gage. When I was pregnant I read 2 different novels with a main hero named Gage and I fell in love with it. Not a mainstream popular name but also not "way out there" like alot of unique names. A friend of mine from France said "gage" in french is "a dare" or "a risk", but the baby name websites said "a pledge or a promise". I'm assuming the french chick with the practical application of the word is a more trustworthy source. I get alot of positive feedback from people when they hear his name. It's seems to be well-liked...
I've always seen it spelled Gaige so it's interesting there's no listing of that spelling here. I logged on because I was debating the popularity of this name - I assumed it got popular after Pet Cemetery. Looks like I was right.
I named my daughter lauren-gage i added gage on to lauren cuz i wanted her to have a unique name no one else had it fits her well and i thought the little boy gage from pet sematery was the cutest thing ever now he is the 2nd
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Everyone calls my 3 yr old "Gager," including him!
My son, Gage, is now 22 yrs old; mine and his sister's nickname for him is "Gager" (she also calls him "Bu")- Meanings and history of the name Gage
The name Gage is of a French origin and means "a token of defiance or one who is defiant."
- Famous real-life people named Gage
- Gage in song, story & screen
Gage Creed is the name of the young boy in the 1989 horror film "Pet Sematary."
Gage Turner, character in the book "The Hollow," by Nora Roberts
Like Stone or Chance, this is a name that doesn't quite sound real. It belongs to an impossibly virile hero trapped in the pages of a romance novel. But this style of name is coming on strong, and Gage is a particularly likeable example. Oddly, its popularity dates to a not so virile or likable movie character -- an undead boy in Pet Sematary.
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