Family name Skaði (Skade 
, Skaði) , globally, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Skaði is characteristic of Greenland, where it is quite a common surname, Israel, where it is quite a rare surname, and South Africa. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in South Africa, Israel, and Germany. Much less frequently, Skaði is the forename as well as the last name.