Pagen Forename
Approximately 73 people bear this name
Pagen Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin paganus, originally ‘rustic’, ‘villager’, later ‘heathen’. Its use as a personal name-appears to be late (cf. Urbanus). It was introduced into England by the Normans (Edmundus fil. Pagani occurs in Domesday Book), and it soon became common, the usual vernacular form of the name being Payn (cf.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 97% | 36 | 1:33,746,610 | 665,083 |
| United States | 100% | 11 | 1:32,957,907 | 231,234 |
| South Africa | 71% | 7 | 1:7,790,378 | 138,656 |
| Australia | - | 3 | 1:4,552,541 | 30,048 |
| England | 100% | 3 | 1:18,534,307 | 106,915 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 2 | 1:15,224,970 | 260,513 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Philippines | 100% | 1 | 1:106,009,477 | 690,015 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Pagen (443) may also be a surname.
Pagen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin paganus, originally ‘rustic’, ‘villager’, later ‘heathen’. Its use as a personal name-appears to be late (cf. Urbanus). It was introduced into England by the Normans (Edmundus fil. Pagani occurs in Domesday Book), and it soon became common, the usual vernacular form of the name being Payn (cf. French païen ‘pagan’); the surnames Pagan, Pain, Paine, Payne, and Paynel, Paganel, Pannet from diminutive forms, testify to its popularity. It did not, however, survive the Reformation as a christian name.
Paganus, Pagen Domesday Book 1086. Paganus Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1220, Feudal Aids 1303. Pagan Pipe Roll 1165, Hundred Rolls 1273. Payne Close Rolls 1249. Payn Hundred Rolls 1273. Pagane English Register of Godstow Nunnery, c. 1450 (E.E.T.S. 129-30) 1450. Paganel or Pain Writs of Parliament 1301. Paynel Hundred Rolls 1273.
Pagen Forename Popularity
Pagen Demographics
Average Pagen Salary in
United States
$14,143 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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