Paige (name)
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Paige is a given name
for males and females. It is of English
origin, and its meaning is "young helper". A page in medieval households was usually a young boy whose service was the first step in his training as a knight. Use may possibly indicate an ancestor who was a page.
In modern times Paige has become a given name, generally given to girls living in North America since the middle of the 20th century, but also occasionally to boys. Page and Payge are alternative spellings for the given name.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
for males and females. It is of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
origin, and its meaning is "young helper". A page in medieval households was usually a young boy whose service was the first step in his training as a knight. Use may possibly indicate an ancestor who was a page.
In modern times Paige has become a given name, generally given to girls living in North America since the middle of the 20th century, but also occasionally to boys. Page and Payge are alternative spellings for the given name.
List of people with the given name Paige
- Paige ArmstrongPaige ArmstrongPaige Armstong is an American Christian rock musician. She is currently signed to Whiplash Records and has released one album, titled Wake Up, under that label. Armstrong is best known for her feature on a Bath & Body Works holiday compilation album sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation...
, American Christian singer-songwriter, host of iShine KNECTIShine KNECTiShine KNECT is a television show created by Robert Beeson as a part of the iShine ministry. The show is currently on its second season on Trinity Broadcasting Network with a cast of teen singers, actors and dancers.- Season 1 :... - Paige BrooksPaige BrooksPaige Brooks is a professional actress, spokesperson, international model, dancer, and vocalist from Mobile, Alabama.After graduating with honors from preparatory school, Brooks studied at Tulane University in New Orleans where she graduated with honors with a B.A. in Communication/Broadcast...
, American actress and model - Paige DavisPaige DavisMindy Paige Davis , billed as Paige Davis, is an American actress best known as a host of the reality television series Trading Spaces.-Early life and career:...
, American actress - Paige GordonPaige GordonPaige Parenti-Gordon is a retired female diver from Canada, who won the silver medal in the women's 3 metres springboard event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba....
, Canadian diver - Paige HemmisPaige HemmisPaige Hemmis is an American television personality, particularly as a host of the series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.In 2001, she founded a real estate company that bought and renovated houses....
, member of the Extreme Makeover Home Edition design team - Paige KreegelPaige KreegelPaige Kreegel, M.D. is a Republican representative in the Florida House of Representatives. Kreegel represents District 72, which covers all of De Soto County and parts of Charlotte County and Lee County. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2004, and was unopposed for re-election in 2006.Dr...
, American politician - Paige LewisPaige LewisPaige Lewis is a singer-songwriter and copywriter from Katy, Texas whose work has been featured in the soundtrack of the film Matchstick Men. Paige released her first album with Word Records at the age of 16, in addition to two further albums released under her own Greeley Records label...
, American singer-songwriter - Paige MilesPaige MilesPaige Sade Miles is an American singer from Naples, Florida, who was the eleventh place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.- Early life :...
, American singer and American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant - Paige MossPaige MossPaige Moss is an American stage, film and television actress.-Background:Moss was born in Bowie, Maryland and raised in Abilene, Texas. While in high school, she was a Senate page for Senator Tim Wirth, and interned for Congressman Vic Fazio. She also auditioned for the summer drama program at...
, American actress - Paige O'HaraPaige O'HaraDonna Paige O'Hara is an American Broadway singer, actress, and Disney Legend best known for her voicework as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.-Personal life:...
, the voice of Belle in Disney's Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast (1991 film)Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
. - Paige PalmerPaige PalmerPaige Palmer was a pioneer American fitness and exercise expert, author, columnist, writer, model, television personality and entrepreneur....
, American fitness expert - Paige RensePaige RensePaige Rense, aka Paige Rense Noland is the editor emeritus of Architectural Digest, where she served as editor in chief from 1975 until 2010. She is also the founder of the Arthur Rense Prize poetry award...
, editor emeritus of Architectural DigestArchitectural DigestArchitectural Digest is an American monthly magazine. Its principal subject is interior design, not — as the name of the magazine might suggest — architecture more generally. The magazine is published by Condé Nast Publications and was founded in 1920, by the Knapp family, who sold it in 1993...
, editor-in-chief from 1975-2010 - Paige SummersPaige SummersPaige Summers was an American adult model. She was a former Penthouse dog and Pet of the Year...
, American adult model and porn star - Paige TurcoPaige TurcoJean Paige Turco is an American actress. She is known for playing April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.-Early life:...
, American actress - Paige Young, Playboys Playmate of the Month in November 1964
Fictional characters
- Paige Fox, a character in the FoxTrot comic
- Paige Guthrie, member of Marvel Comics'Marvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
team, the X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1... - Paige MatthewsPaige MatthewsPaige Matthews is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. One of the featured leads, Paige is introduced at the start of season four as the fourth Halliwell sister and youngest Charmed One one of the most powerful witches of all time. The character was portrayed by Rose McGowan...
, a lead character on the American television series Charmed played by Rose McGowanRose McGowanRose Arianna McGowan is an actress and singer. She is known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB Television Network supernatural drama series Charmed. She played Ann-Margret alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley in the CBS mini-series Elvis... - Paige MichalchukPaige MichalchukPaige Michalchuk is a fictional character in the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation, portrayed by Lauren Collins.Paige was initially presented as the stereotypical "Queen bee": rich, snobby, and popular...
, a character on the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation - Paige, the Subterra ProtagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
in Bakugan: Mechtanium SurgeBakugan Battle Brawlersis a Japanese action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them...
. - Paige Morgan, the main character in the The Prince and MeThe Prince and MeThe Prince and Me is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge, and starring Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, and Ben Miller, with Miranda Richardson, James Fox, and Alberta Watson...
films
List of people with the surname Paige
- Bruce PaigeBruce PaigeBruce Paige is a newsreader in Brisbane, Australia. He previously co-presented Nine News Queensland alongside Melissa Downes, having paired with Jillian Whiting and Heather Foord previously.-Career:...
, Australian newsreader - Chantelle PaigeChantelle PaigeChantelle Paige is an American singer, songwriter, actress. She is a former member of the R&B/rap group Flipsyde.-Early life:...
, American singer, songwriter and actress - Donald PaigeDonald PaigeDonald Paige is a retired middle distance runner from the United States, who set the world best year performance in the men's 800 metres in 1980. Paige ran 1:44.53 on 23 June 1980 in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. After the U.S...
, American middle distance runner - Elaine PaigeElaine PaigeElaine Paige OBE is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16...
, British singer and actress - Glenn D. PaigeGlenn D. PaigeGlenn Durland Paige is an American political scientist. He is a Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Hawai‘i and Chair of the Governing Council of the Center for Global Nonkilling...
, American political scientist - Haley PaigeHaley PaigeMaryam Irene Haley , better known by her stage name Haley Paige, was a Mexican-born American pornographic actress.- Career:...
, American pornographic actress - Janis PaigeJanis PaigeJanis Paige is an American film, musical theatre and television actress. Born Donna Mae Tjaden in Tacoma, Washington, she began singing in public from the age of five in local amateur shows...
, American actress - Jennifer PaigeJennifer PaigeJennifer Paige is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success with the 1998 pop hit "Crush". She is considered to be one of the 1990s' biggest one-hit wonders.-Biography:...
, American singer-songwriter - Peter PaigePeter PaigePeter Paige is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. His debut as director and writer was on the film Say Uncle.-Biography:Paige was born in West Hartford, Connecticut...
, American actor - Rod PaigeRod PaigeRoderick Raynor "Rod" Paige served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, built a career on a belief that education equalizes opportunity, moving from classroom teacher to college dean and school superintendent to be the first African...
, American politician - Satchel PaigeSatchel PaigeLeroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime...
, American baseball player - Woody PaigeWoody PaigeWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Paige, Jr. is a sports columnist for The Denver Post, author, and a regular panelist on the ESPN sports-talk program Around the Horn. He was also a co-host of Cold Pizza and its spin-off show 1st and 10 until Nov. 4, 2006, when it was announced that Paige would return to the...
, American sports columnist - Yasmin PaigeYasmin PaigeYasmin Paige is an English actress who is best known for her role as Maria in The Sarah Jane Adventures, a spin-off from the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who. Having acted and modelled since the age of four, she made her screen debut in the 2003 film Wondrous Oblivion...
, British actress