Skyler - Meaning of Skyler

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Skyler

[ 2 syll. (s)ky-ler, sk-yl-er ] The baby boy name Skyler is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being more common. Its pronunciation is SKAYL-er †. Skyler is largely used in the English language and its origin is Dutch.

Skyler is a variant of the name Schuyler (English).

Skyler is also an English variant of the name Skylar (Dutch and English).

See also the related categories, english and dutch.

Skyler is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1980s up to the 2000s; before that, it was of very modest use only. At the peak of its usage in 2002, 0.075% of baby boys were given the name Skyler. Its ranking then was #223. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity. In 2018, its usage was 0.031% and its ranking #487, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2018, Skyler was thrice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Skylar. Though Skyler is more popular as a girl name today, there was a period from 1981 to 2013 that it was given more often to boys. From 2014 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Skyler. In 2017, 31% more girls than boys were given the name Skyler.

Baby names that sound like Skyler include Schuyler, Skuyler, Skyelar, Skyeler, Skyller, Skylur, Saeler, Saelor, Sailar, Sailer, Sailor, Saylar, Sayler, Saylor, Schyler, Skilar, Skylar, Skylare, Skylarr, and Skylor.

† Pronunciation for Skyler: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"