Scale Family History
Scale Name Meaning
English: from northern Middle English scale ‘herdsman's hut shed shieling’ (Old Norse skáli). The surname may have denoted a herdsman who lived and worked on a summer pasture or someone from any of several mostly minor places so named in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The name often varies between singular and plural forms; see Scales .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022