Page Family History

English and French: occupational or status name for a young servant. Middle English page paige Old French page (from Italian paggio ultimately from Greek paidion a diminutive of pais ‘boy child’).

The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America this surname is also a shortened form of the French cognate Lepage.

French Canadian (Pagé): altered form of French Paget a diminutive of Compare Pashia.

North German: metonymic occupational name for a horse dealer from Middle Low German page ‘horse’.