Lesage

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lesage is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname20K records spelled Lesage7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Le-Sage

• a separate surname518 records spelled Lesage2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium

  Also written Lésage

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lesage is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, De le sage, de l’ancien français sage « savant, instruit, prudent, judicieux ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In English, Alain-Rene, French writer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alain Rene Lesageb. 1668FRFrench writer (1668–1747)
• Denis Toussaint Lesageb. 1758FRFrench politician (1758-1796)
• Xavier Lesageb. 1885FRequestrian (1885-1968)
• Gilbert Lesageb. 1910FRFrench philanthropist (1910-1989)
• Jean Lesageb. 1912CA19th Premier of Quebec (1912–1980)
• Dominique Lesageb. 1951FRPolish actor
• Philippe Lesageb. 1977CACanadian film director
• Lou Lesageb. 1991FRFrench actress
• Oscar Lesageb. 1996FRFrench actor
• Malik Delgatyb. 2000CAnot in their usual nameCanadian pornographic actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 34 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lesage?

We estimate roughly 5.2 thousand people bear Lesage (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Lesage have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.9 thousand people bear Lesage in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lesage.

How common is Lesage compared with other names?

In France, Lesage is the 205th most common surname of 1,061,840 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Lesage mean?

Recorded meaning: nickname for a wise man, from Old French sage ‘wise’, ‘shrewd’, ‘prudent’ (Late Latin sapius, from sapere ‘taste’, ‘discern’, ‘discriminate’), with the definite article le.