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Child, and Varlet, were names given to youths between seven and fourteen years of age while receiving their education for knighthood.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

PAGE. Properly a young male servant — a subordinate personal attendant of gi-eat men. It is curious that the Gr. Ilaic, the Lat. puer, the Fr. gar07i, and the Eng. buy, signify equally 'boy' or 'servant;' and 2)0(16, from whate'er source derived, has the same double meaning. According to Cotgrave, a iage is " a waiting or serving lioy (in France, where he hath often good breeding, he ought to be a gentleman borne); thence also a tayler's boy, a ship boy."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.