Scaife
Scaife is a surname derived from Old Norse "Skeifr", meaning "awry, difficult", perhaps pertaining to the bearer's hair or personality. This first recorded instance of this surname was in the Old English epic Beowulf. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Scaife, British Physicist and Meteorologist
- Anna Scaife, professor of radio astronomy
- Brendan Scaife, Irish Academic Engineer and Physicist
- Bo Scaife, American professional football player
- Bobby Scaife, English professional football player
- Cordelia Scaife May, American wealthy philanthropist; sister of Richard Mellon Scaife
- John Scaife Australian cricketer
- Prof J. G. Scaife British molecular biologist
- Michael Scaife, British biologist and psychologist
- Nicola Scaife, Australian balloonist
- Nicky Scaife, English professional footballer
- Richard Mellon Scaife, American newspaper publisher; heir to the Mellon fortune
- Ross Scaife, American academic and scholar
- Craig scaife British bull
- Scaife Foundations
- Scaife Mountains
