Scarrow Family History
Scarrow Name Meaning
English (Cambridgeshire and Suffolk): perhaps ultimately a habitational name from Skirwith in Ingleton (Yorkshire) from Old Norse skírr ‘bright’ + hofuth ‘head headland’. In the late 16th and 17th centuries the name appears as Skarowe Scaroe Skerro and Scarrou; it presumably migrated to Cambridgeshire by the late 16th century unless the Cambridgeshire name has a different unexplained origin. Compare Sharrow .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022