Schuyler

English

Alternative forms

• (given name, modern usage): Skylar, Skyler

Etymology

A Dutch surname(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) (cf. scholier) from German Schüler (“scholar, student”); brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants. Doublet of scholar and schooler.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪ.lə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Schuyler

1. An American surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation].
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname [in turn from Dutch], of 19th century and later usage.
3. A city, the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska, United States.

Derived terms

• Schuyler County
• Schuyler Falls
• Schuylerville