Given name & surname
Skaife
“awry, difficult”
Skaife is a surname from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Skaife is a form of Scaife. Scaife goes back to Old Norse skeifr, meaning “awry, difficult.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Skaife is a form of Scaife. Scaife comes from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Skaife’s family of names
In English usage, Skaife as a surname has a related form in SCAIFE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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