Sage Family History
Sage Name Meaning
French and English (of Norman origin): nickname for a wise learned man from the Old French and Middle English adjective sage ‘wise learned sensible’ from Latin sagus ‘prophetic’ akin to sagax ‘sharp perceptive’. Compare Desage and Lesage . Irish (Meath): in some cases a variant of Savage via the Gaelicized form Sabhaois. German: habitational name from a place near Oldenburg so named from an old word sege ‘sedge reed’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022