Scaife
Scaife is an Old Norse patronymic surname meaning "boat-born". This first recorded instance of this surname was in the Old English epic Beowulf. Notable people with the surname include:
| Scaife | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | "Boat-born" |
| Region of origin | Old Norse |
- Brendan Scaife (born 1928), Irish Academic Engineer and Physicist
- Bo Scaife (born 1981), American professional football player
- Bobby Scaife (born 1955), English professional football player
- Cordelia Scaife May (1928–2005), American wealthy philanthropist; sister of Richard Mellon Scaife
- Michael Scaife (1948-2001), British biologist and psychologist
- Richard Mellon Scaife (born 1932–2014), American newspaper publisher; heir to the Mellon fortune
- Ross Scaife (1960–2008), American academic and scholar