Skirving is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Skirving (1719–1803), Scottish songwriter Alexander Skirving (1868–1935), trade union secretary and politician Angie Skirving (born 1981), Australian hockey player Archibald Skirving (1749–1819), Scottish portrait painter Ben Skirving (born 1983), English rugby player Catherine Seaton Skirving (née Ewart, 1818–1897), Canadian philanthropist and volunteer Imogen Skirving (1937–2016), British hotelier John Skirving Ewart (1849–1933), Canadian lawyer Robert Skirving, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, US William Skirving (c. 1745–1796) activist, one of the five Scottish Martyrs for Liberty