Girl or boy · Dutch
Skyler
Say it: SKY-ler
Meaning
From the Dutch surname Schuyler, from schuilen 'to shelter' (a 'scholar' derivation is also proposed); now associated with the English word sky.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A 20th-century American respelling, used for both sexes from the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 65,172 babies given this name since 1954
- At its height in 2000, about 1 in 1,300 boys
- 1,145 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Schuyler, Skylar
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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