# Paige (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/paige/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,063 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,789 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,389 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.9% (18,600 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /peɪd͡ʒ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paige in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paige in the United States, the United Kingdom, Serbia and Australia.

## People named Paige

- Jennifer Paige, American singer (born 1973)
- Peter Paige, American actor and director
- Taylour Paige, American actress and dancer (born 1990)
- Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (1906-1982)
- Yasmin Paige, British actress
- Mabel Paige, American actress (1880-1954)
- Rod Paige, American politician (1933–2025)
- Robert Paige, American actor, newscaster (1911-1987)
- Jean Paige, American actress (1895-1990)
- Marcus Paige, American basketball player
- Jason Paige, American voice actor
- Bella Paige, Australian singer

## Similar surnames

Page, Poage, Pace, Paiz, Paik, Peck, Pugh, Pike, Paz, Posey, Pack, Pease.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.