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Sage

Sage ranks #127 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 18 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #146 among girl dog names.
Sage's popularity trend

Sage's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
18
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#127
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+37
2014 → 2019
Gender split
76% female
76% female24% male

Gender split comes from 97 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Sage mean?
1 syllableOrigin: English

Sage names the aromatic culinary herb long used in cooking and traditional medicine, and it doubles as a word for a wise, experienced person — two words that look identical but actually come from different roots. The "wise" sense traces through French to the Latin "sapere," meaning "to be wise" or "to taste," while the herb's name descends from the unrelated Latin "salvia," tied to "salvus" ("safe" or "healthy") and its long-standing reputation as a healing plant.

Sage has a calm, grounded quality, an understated name for a pet with a thoughtful, unbothered way about them.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Sage shows up

Cats named Sage per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.05%
SeattleWA, US0.05%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

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