# Paige

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /peɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #14,607

## Definitions
1. A southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of American usage.
3. An unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.

## 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".

## Easily confused with
- **pie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pie)
- **pig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pig)
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pain)
- **pair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pair)
- **pipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pipe)
- **pile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pile)
- **pine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pine)
- **pale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pale)
- **pigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pigs)
- **pike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pike)
- **pave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pave)
- **pang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pang)
- **pane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pane)
- **Puig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-puig)
- **pate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pate)
- **pail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pail)
- **pare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pare)
- **Pape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-pape)
- **price** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-price)
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-prime)

## Common misspellings (6)
`apige`, `pagie`, `paieg`, `paigge`, `piage`, `ppaige`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/paige