Schuyler
English
Alternative forms
- (given name, modern usage): Skylar, Skyler
Etymology
Dutch surname "scholar, student"(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), from German Schüler;[1] brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskaɪ.lə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)
Proper noun
Schuyler
- An American surname from Dutch.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
- A female given name.
- A city, the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska, United States.
Derived terms
- Schuyler County
References
- Kuiken, Kees (13 Jan. 2014), “Schuyler, Alida (1656–1727)”, in Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon von Nederland, Huygens ING, retrieved 14 Jul. 2018.