The Scharfe Family Name

Scharfe belongs to the Scharf family of names, which has German roots. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “sharp”.

• The same family of names includes Scharff.
• Scharfe adds “e” to Scharf, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Scharf and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Scharfe report, with a museum-style coat of arms.