Skeath Family History
Skeath Name Meaning
from Middle English scath(e) northern Middle English scaithe (Old Scandinavian skaðe) ‘hurt harm injury’ perhaps for someone with a visible injury sustained in battle or as a punishment or else elliptical for the phrasal nickname Waiteskath ‘inflict or intend injury on (someone)’ attested in Ranulpho
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016