Scarff

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: Old Norse

From northern Middle English scarfe (“cormorant”), itself from Old Norse skarfr (compare Icelandic skarfur (“cormorant”)), either a nickname for someone who resembled a cormorant or a byname from Old Norse Skarfi.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Scarf Root name
Ainscough Old Norse origin
Airey Old Norse origin
Applewhite Old Norse origin
Asquith Old Norse origin
Barnes Old Norse origin
Begbie Old Norse origin
Bigby Old Norse origin
Birkbeck Old Norse origin

Popularity by Country

Scarff

Rank #9808

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Scarff

Rank #37266

Frequency 563 people (0.21 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 96.98% Hispanic 0.89%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

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