Paige

A name straight out of a medieval court, Paige descends from the Old French page, a young attendant in a noble household, which in turn comes from the Greek paidion, little child. The name crossed from surname to given name in the twentieth century and peaked in American usage around 2004, helped along by Charmed and a wave of one-syllable girls' names with crisp endings. It now settles comfortably in the mid-300s. One brisk syllable, that hard G softened to a gentle J sound. Paige reads confident and uncluttered, a name with its sleeves rolled up and a page already turned.