First name origins & meanings:
- Dutch: Shield; scholar
- English: Eternal life; strength; love and beauty
- Dutch: Shield; scholar
First name variations: Schuylar, Skye, Sky, Skyrah, Skieler, Skilar, Skiler, Skyla, Skylie, Skylor, Skylar, Skyler, Skylar, Sky, Skye, Ciel Last name origins & meanings:
- Dutch: status name for a scholar or school teacher.
- Schuyler is the name of one of the oldest and wealthiest Dutch
families of NY, established there by Philip Pieterse Schuyler
from Amsterdam; his marriage is recorded in North America in 1650. He
was a merchant and colonial administrator. Four generations later one
of his best-known descendants was Philip Schuyler (1733–1804), a
member of Congress and a leading figure in the American
Revolution; he was in command of the American army at Saratoga before
being replaced by Horatio Gates.
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Michael Fox,
Sissy Spacek
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