Meaning and background
The story behind Sage
Sage already has two valid English meanings in the catalogue: a culinary herb and a wise person. The modern given name draws on those familiar words, without evidence that the dog itself embodies wisdom. Its single-syllable English pronunciation is sayj. Because the existing origin and meaning are defensible, this review preserves them and proposes only an evidence-backed pronunciation rather than overwriting useful information.
- Pronunciation
- English /seɪdʒ/ (approximately “sayj”). Source
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About Sage
a culinary herb; separately, a wise person or wise
- Word language
- English
More about the name
Sage has two useful word routes: the herb and the wise-person sense. They have separate word histories, so the profile preserves both instead of pretending every use has a single origin meaning wisdom.
About this meaning
Language of the selected vocabulary reference; full personal-name derivation not asserted.
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sage appears in 47 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/seɪdʒ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/seɪdʒ/ · primary stress on syllable 1S EY1 JH
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (3)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
- Wiktionary contributors sage — English section — Selected dictionary sense, not proof of each dog owner's naming intent or complete personal-name etymology
References support the individual facts shown. A source link does not mean the entire profile has been verified.