Skyler, Skylar, Schuyler and Sky, Skye

Girl Names
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What do you think of [name]Skyler[/name]? Too trendy? Dated?

[name]Do[/name] you prefer [name]Skyler[/name] or just [name]Sky[/name]? Why?

Is [name]Sky[/name] by itself too hippy-ish? Would [name]Skyler[/name] be better because she’d have more options or is [name]Sky[/name] better as a nature name?

[name]How[/name] would you spell it? [name]Skyler[/name], [name]Skylar[/name] or [name]Schuyler[/name] for a girl? [name]How[/name] would you spell it for a boy?

[name]Do[/name] you prefer it for a girl or a boy?

[name]Sky[/name] or [name]Skye[/name]? Girl or boy?

Some other names I like, would these make good sibsets?

[name]Sky[/name] and [name]Bay[/name] (both girls)?
[name]Skyler[/name] and [name]Bay[/name] (girls)?
[name]Schuyler[/name] and [name]Bay[/name]?

the thing is I also like quite a few classic names:

[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elaine[/name]?
[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Lucille[/name]?
[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elodie[/name]?
[name]Sky[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elodie[/name]? etc

I actually don’t care whether they sound good together because children are individuals and they don’t rhyme. [name]Just[/name] wondering what others would think. Oh and [name]Schuyler[/name] would be for a girl, too.

I kind of like [name]Schuyler[/name] but wonder whether it’s too complicated. I also wonder whether [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Sky[/name] would be better for sisters or [name]Baye[/name] and [name]Sky[/name], [name]Skye[/name] and [name]Bay[/name] to make them look a bit more different.

Thanks!

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What do you think of [name]Skyler[/name]? Too trendy? Dated? I love it and don’t think it’s dated or trendy, i just like it for a boy

[name]Do[/name] you prefer [name]Skyler[/name] or just [name]Sky[/name]? Why? [name]Just[/name] [name]Sky[/name]/[name]Skye[/name]. [name]Skyler[/name] is all male to me. [name]Skyla[/name] is pretty too

Is [name]Sky[/name] by itself too hippy-ish? Would [name]Skyler[/name] be better because she’d have more options or is [name]Sky[/name] better as a nature name? What more options does [name]Skyler[/name] have? There’s still only the one nickname, [name]Sky[/name]. I don’t think [name]Sky[/name] is too hippyish

[name]How[/name] would you spell it? [name]Skyler[/name], [name]Skylar[/name] or [name]Schuyler[/name] for a girl? [name]How[/name] would you spell it for a boy? I would spell is [name]Skyler[/name] for either gender

[name]Do[/name] you prefer it for a girl or a boy? boy

[name]Sky[/name] or [name]Skye[/name]? Girl or boy? [name]Skye[/name] is very pretty on a girl

I think [name]Skye[/name] and [name]Bay[/name] are nice together and I find the [name]Schuyler[/name] spelling, though it’s the traditional one, confusing for a lot of people.

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What do you think of [name]Skyler[/name]? Too trendy? Dated? - for a girl, I think it is quite trendy but on a boy I think it’s very charming and timeless. I especially love the original [name]German[/name] (Dutch?) spelling, [name]Schuyler[/name].

[name]Do[/name] you prefer [name]Skyler[/name] or just [name]Sky[/name]? Why? - For a girl, I definitely prefer just [name]Sky[/name] (or even [name]Skye[/name])–[name]Schuyler[/name] (and other spellings) are all-boy to me. I’ve heard that [name]Schuyler[/name] means “scholar” which is nice and I don’t think girls can’t be scholars, but [name]Schuyler[/name] just screams boy to me.

Is [name]Sky[/name] by itself too hippy-ish? Would [name]Skyler[/name] be better because she’d have more options or is [name]Sky[/name] better as a nature name? - [name]Sky[/name]/[name]Skye[/name] is a bit hippyish, but I vastly prefer it to [name]Skyler[/name]/[name]Schuyler[/name] since I love [name]Schuyler[/name] so much for a boy. It’s like [name]Avery[/name] nn [name]Ava[/name] to me–I don’t understand why anyone would take a traditionally masculine name and give it to the girls just to use a girly nn… but that’s just me, I suppose.

[name]How[/name] would you spell it? [name]Skyler[/name], [name]Skylar[/name] or [name]Schuyler[/name] for a girl? [name]How[/name] would you spell it for a boy? - I would only ever spell it [name]Schuyler[/name] for a boy. For a girl, I don’t know. I’ve heard that [name]Skylar[/name] is the girls’ spelling and [name]Skyler[/name] and [name]Schuyler[/name] are the boys’ spellings, but I don’t know where that idea came from.

[name]Do[/name] you prefer it for a girl or a boy? - Boy. :slight_smile:

[name]Sky[/name] or [name]Skye[/name]? Girl or boy? - I like [name]Skye[/name] better, and for a girl. [name]Sky[/name]/[name]Skye[/name] on a boy looks weird to me, haha. I think as a nn for [name]Schuyler[/name] it’s okay, but I wouldn’t name a boy just [name]Sky/name.

Some other names I like, would these make good sibsets?

[name]Sky[/name] and [name]Bay[/name] (both girls)?
[name]Skyler[/name] and [name]Bay[/name] (girls)? - I kind of like this. I actually love [name]Bay[/name] and stylistically I think it goes pretty well with [name]Skyler[/name]/[name]Skylar[/name].
[name]Schuyler[/name] and [name]Bay[/name]?

the thing is I also like quite a few classic names:

[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elaine[/name]?
[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Lucille[/name]?
[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elodie[/name]?
[name]Sky[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elodie[/name]? etc - sorry, I can’t really see any of these with [name]Skyler[/name]/[name]Schuyler[/name]… Too different stylistically, even though I don’t think sibsets automatically have to match. If I saw siblings [name]Schuyler[/name] and [name]Elodie[/name] on paper, I would assume [name]Schuyler[/name] was a boy. With using unisex names, I think you need a sort of cohesion within the gender–if you use unisex names for girls, then I would keep with that, because if I saw [name]Emerson[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name], I would assume [name]Emerson[/name] was the boy because [name]Juliet[/name]'s so classy and girly, kwim?

What about Skylark? It’s a bit close to [name]Skyler[/name] but I would think it’s more girly with the bird association. I actually like it but it might be a bit over-the-top…

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I can see what you mean but to me [name]Schuyler[/name] has never been a masculine name, it has always been unisex. It comes from a Dutch word and was never really more popular for boys. I like it for both genders.

Skylark is cute. But I don’t think I’d like it enough to use. Hmm I know twins named [name]Schuyler[/name] and [name]Nerissa[/name]. [name]Schuyler[/name] is a girl. It never seemed weird to me because their names fit them so well. But I can see how it would be weird for others. I actually think [name]Elodie[/name] is modern sounding. It is pretty 80s in [name]France[/name] and not really timeless. So I thought it was kind of cute with [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Skye[/name] :wink:

She would have more options because she could go by [name]Skyler[/name] and [name]Sky[/name]. If I named her [name]Sky[/name] she could just go by that.

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I like [name]Skye[/name] because it is Scottish and we are Scottish. :slight_smile: I also only like [name]Skye[/name]/[name]Sky[/name]/[name]Skyler[/name] for girls.

[name]Schuyler[/name] seems more of a boy name to me.

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It actually hasn’t always been unisex. [name]Schuyler[/name] has never ranked for girls, ever, on the SSA list, and it didn’t start ranking on the SSA list with the [name]Skylar[/name] spelling until the 1970s. It started ranking for [name]Skyler[/name] in the 1990s. [name]Skylar[/name] is the only spelling that currently (or ever) ranked higher on girls than boys. You can check out all this info at these three sites: Nickelodeon Parents | Printables, coloring pages, recipes, crafts, and more from your child’s favorite Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows., Nickelodeon Parents | Printables, coloring pages, recipes, crafts, and more from your child’s favorite Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows., and Nickelodeon Parents | Printables, coloring pages, recipes, crafts, and more from your child’s favorite Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows..

[name]Just[/name] figured you might like the info.

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All of the [name]Sky[/name]- names to me are masculine. They just sound better on boys. [name]Skye[/name] is the only one I think can even work on a girl and then only as a MN.

[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elaine[/name]?
[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Lucille[/name]?
[name]Schuyler[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elodie[/name]?
[name]Sky[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Elodie[/name]? etc

If I saw any of those sibsets I would assume that both [name]Schuyler[/name]/[name]Skylar[/name] and [name]Bay[/name] were both boys. I actually like [name]Bay[/name] on a girl but not with a sister named [name]Elodie[/name], [name]Lucille[/name] or [name]Elaine[/name]. I mean if you like it, then go for it, it just seems like a big mix of unisex and frilly which does not sound right to my ear.

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I honestly hate the name [name]Skylar[/name]. There are not many names that I can say that I feel this strongly about. I would go with [name]Sky[/name] instead, but that also sounds dated to me.

I haven’t heard Shuyler before, is it pronounced like [name]Skyler[/name]? If so, I think it would cause unnecessary confusion.

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Sorry, but names that have [name]Sky[/name] seem very trendy to me.

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[name]Schuyler[/name], with the “C”, yes, it’s said just like [name]Skyler[/name]. It’s the original Dutch spelling for [name]Skyler[/name]. I don’t think it’s any more unnecessarily confusing than [name]Rhys[/name] instead of [name]Reese[/name]/[name]Reece[/name] would be.

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I don’t know. I feel like most people see [name]Rhys[/name] and can easily pronounce it [name]Reese[/name]. If I had to go with [name]Skylar[/name], I do prefer the [name]Schuyler[/name] spelling, but every time I look at it I would say Shoo-ler… and I would imagine most people would if they were not aware of the Dutch origin.

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[name]Schuyler[/name] is the Dutch word for scholar. It began its history as a Dutch surname in New [name]Amsterdam[/name] and became a fairly common name among the original upper class Dutch New Yorkers, and then transitioned into the Fifth Avenue set during [name]Edith[/name] [name]Wharton[/name]'s time. Under the [name]Schuyler[/name] spelling, it has always been a preppy male name. In the 1980’s there was a trend towards giving these types of surnames to daughters, and from there it trickled down into [name]Skylar[/name], with the incorrect – and lower class – spelling. Here in the South I have taught both male and female [name]Skyler[/name]/Skylars but never met anyone who spelled the name correctly.

While I like [name]Schuyler[/name] as a boy’s name, I fear it is irrevocably lost in the world of Britnis and Neveahs.

As for [name]Skye[/name], as in the Isles of [name]Skye[/name], I still see boy rather than girl.

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I really want to name my (future) son by [name]Sky[/name]. Prefer [name]Skye[/name] for girls and ony as a mn.
[name]Don[/name]'t like the other version, sorry.
I like [name]Bay[/name], but I want it only as a nn.

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I don’t speak Dutch but I speak [name]German[/name] which is quite similar and I think that the Dutch pronunciation for [name]Schuyler[/name] isn’t [name]SKY[/name]-ler. Which is why I’m not sure whether I should use it or not. I think it’s the most attractive spelling to be honest but I’m not sure whether the pronunciation is correct. [name]German[/name] and Dutch words are often pronounced in a similar way from my experience, and at least in [name]German[/name] [name]Schuyler[/name] wouldn’t be pronounced anything like [name]SKY[/name]-ler. I mean it wouldn’t even be close. If someone here is from the Netherlands, I’d love to hear your opinions.

Oh and I did some research and from what I found out schuyler isn’t the Dutch word for scholar, or at least not anymore. The Dutch word for scholar is ‘student’ and I couldn’t find ‘schuyler’ in any dictionary. Maybe it’s an old Dutch word but it definitely doesn’t seem to be used anymore.

[name]Just[/name] something to think about. I know that [name]Schuyler[/name] was used for boys first but it has never really been popular according to statistics. And to me it just can’t be a masculine name because it comes from a surname and surnames aren’t exclusively masculine. Women have surnames too. If there were men with the surname [name]Schuyler[/name] there were women with the surname [name]Schuyler[/name] as well. So I always find it a bit odd when people say a name is masculine because it comes from a surname. The meaning isn’t masculine either, it’s unisex. [name]Just[/name] my opinion.