# Scaife

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{{Infobox surname
| name = Scaife
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| meaning = "boat-born", "awry, difficult"
| region = [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse_language)
| origin = Scandinavia
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'''Scaife''' is a surname meaning "Boat born" in  English. It is derived from [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse). Other references include "awry, difficult".<ref>[http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/scaife Scaife] at the Internet Surname Database</ref> The first recorded instance of this surname was in the [Old English](/source/Old_English) [epic](/source/Epic_poetry) ''[Beowulf](/source/Beowulf)''. Notable people with the surname include:

*[Adam Scaife](/source/Adam_Scaife) (born 1970), British physicist and meteorologist
*[Anna Scaife](/source/Anna_Scaife) (born 1981), radio astronomer
*[Brendan Scaife](/source/Brendan_Scaife) (born 1928), Irish engineer and physicist
*[Bo Scaife](/source/Bo_Scaife) (born 1981), American football player
*[Bobby Scaife](/source/Bobby_Scaife) (born 1955), English football player
*[Cordelia Scaife May](/source/Cordelia_Scaife_May) (1928–2005), American philanthropist; sister of Richard
*[J. G. Scaife](/source/J._G._Scaife) (1934–1991) British molecular biologist
*[John Scaife](/source/John_Scaife) (1908–1995) Australian cricketer
*[Michael Scaife](/source/Michael_Scaife) (1948–2001), British biologist and psychologist
*[Nicola Scaife](/source/Nicola_Scaife), Australian balloonist
*[Nicky Scaife](/source/Nicky_Scaife) (born 1975), English footballer
*[Richard Mellon Scaife](/source/Richard_Mellon_Scaife) (1932–2014), American newspaper publisher
*[Ross Scaife](/source/Ross_Scaife) (1960–2008), American academic and scholar

'''Other uses:'''
*[Scaife Foundations](/source/Scaife_Foundations)
*[Scaife Mountains](/source/Scaife_Mountains)

==See also==
*[Scaif](/source/Scaif)
*[Skaife](/source/Skaife)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{surname|Scaife}}

Category:English-language surnames

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