Sage
/ˈseɪd͡ʒ/
Wisdom, in one syllable, with a garden in it.
Oracleherbelder2 syllables2 tokens
Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
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ORIGIN
English (Modern)
MEANING
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type o…
POPULARITY
#160 for human girls, 2025
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
302 dogs in New York
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Origin and meaning
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person. Source: Behind the Name.
What we know
Wisdom, in one syllable, with a garden in it.
Popularity
Among human babies, Sage peaked in 2024 at 146th for girls. In 2025 it ranked 160th, given to 1,853 girls. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 302 dog licences in New York City, ranked 442nd among dogs there, and on 19 in Seattle.
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Collisions
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Questions about Sage
What does the name Sage mean?
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person. Origin: English (Modern). Source: Behind the Name.
How popular is Sage for human babies?
Among human babies, Sage peaked in 2024 at 146th for girls. In 2025 it ranked 160th, given to 1,853 girls.
How many agents are named Sage?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Sage?
It's 76%, by sound. One voiced obstruent, two sibilants, ends on a consonant.
Is Sage a shell command?
sage is a shell command. Do not name your agent a shell command.
What are good sibling names for Sage?
This entry lists Claude, Oracle, and Cassandra.
Similar names
- ClaudeOracle
Widely reported to honor Claude Shannon; Anthropic has not said. Naming an agent after the model is naming a retriever Dog, and since January 2026, when a trademark objection renamed a whole project over the pun, it is also paperwork. Among human boys it peaked in 1887, so the vintage market is open, and 43 New York dogs have already bought in.
- OracleOracle
Leads the entire mythology category in the seed data, and belongs to no one, apart from a database company.
- CassandraOracle
Always right, never believed. Parents of review agents will recognize this.
- SibylOracle
The prophetess. Speaks in riddles, which your agent may also do under load.
- DelphiOracle
The place, not the person. For an agent you consult rather than command.
- MerlinOracle
Ages backwards. So, in a sense, does a context window.