Given name & surname · also Greek
Ege
Ege is a unisex given name from Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ege comes from Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Greek Αιγαίο, from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖον.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ege through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 224
- 224 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,560 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,560 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 232 as a first name in 2020; 848 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ege’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ege
- Ege ArarTurkish basketball player (born 1996)
- Ege KökenliTurkish actor (born 1993)
- Ege AydanTurkish actor (born 1958)
- Ege BilselTurkish association football player (born 2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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