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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Dutch: Shield; scholar
  2. English: Eternal life; strength; love and beauty
  3. 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:

  1. Dutch: status name for a scholar or school teacher.
  2. 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