Meanings
proper noun
alternative Skylar
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname [in turn from Dutch].
It is a catchy name isn't it? Skyler: sky. A name specifically chosen by my father, who'd expected great things from me, his firstborn child, and male. A name, my father Bix Rampike believed, to set its bearer apart from the merely commonplace.
2008, Joyce Carol Oates, My Sister, My Love, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 4
Origin
Pronunciation spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.
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APA
Skyler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Skyler
MLA
“Skyler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Skyler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Skyler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Skyler.
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