Kage — Family Name, Records and Arms

Some records give Cage; others give Kage. Both point to the same English family name. Its meaning, shared with Cage, is “A dweller near, or worker at, a prison”. Spelled with “k” instead of “c”, Kage shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Kage with 474 bearers, at rank 45,189. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Gage.

There is no single Kage family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Kage surname pack.