Schuyler

SKY-ler
Dutch
"scholar"

Schuyler Origin and Meaning

The name Schuyler is a girl's name of Dutch origin meaning "scholar".

Originally a Dutch surname, imported by the early Dutch colonists, has been all but overpowered by the phonetic spellings in the US -- Skyler for boys and Skylar for girls. With the surnames-as-first-names trend, however, and the popularity of the Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton, which features the Schuyler sisters, perhaps Schuyler might receive some more interest in the coming years.

Famous People Named Schuyler

  • Schuyler Elizabeth FiskAmerican actress and singer; daughter of actress Sissy Spacek
  • The Schuyler sistersincluding Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler Hamilton, wife of U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton; featured in musical "Hamilton"

Schuyler in Pop Culture

  • Schuyler Theodora Elizabeth Van Alen Chasevampire character in the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz