Meaning

noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

noun aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

noun any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

origin* As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage. * As an Irish surname, variant of Savage. * As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0