Skyler

The unisex given name Skyler or Skylar ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|aɪ|l|ər}}) is an Anglicized spelling of the surname and given name Schuyler.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox Given name|name=Skyler|gender=Unisex|origin=Dutch|meaning=student|alternative spelling=Skylar|nickname=Sky, Skye|related names=Schuyler|language=English|image=Skyler Samuels.jpg|caption=Skyler Samuels, American actress known for playing Gertrude "Gigi" Hollingsworth in Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel.}}

Schuyler was introduced into America as a surname by 17th century Dutch settlers arriving in New York.{{cite web |author= |title=Skyler (boy) |url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Skyler |work=ThinkBabyNames.com |accessdate=6 December 2022}} By the 19th century, in honor of members of New York's Schuyler family such as Philip Schuyler, the surname had entered use as a given name;{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} for example, Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885), the 17th Vice President of the United States.

The spellings Skyler and Skylar first were popularized in the United States during the 1980s. The name is in use for both boys and girls.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/fashion/gender-neutral-baby-names.html |title=Is Hayden a Boy or Girl? Both. 'Post-Gender' Baby Names Are on the Rise. |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=18 August 2016 |website=The New York Times |access-date=3 June 2022 |quote= |url-access=limited}}

Women

Skylar Ackerman (born 2001), Canadian curler
Skylar Brandt (born 1993), American ballerina, a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre
Skylar Dahl (born 2003), American Paralympic rower
Skyler Day (born 1991), American actress and singer
Skylar Diggins-Smith (born 1990), American basketball player
Skylar Fontaine (born 1998), American ice hockey player
Sky Katz (born 2004), American actress, rapper and singer
Skylar Laine (born 1994), American singer, a competitor on American Idol season 11
Skylar Little (born 1978) American soccer player
Skylar Neese (1996–2012), American teen murdered by two of her closest friends
Skylar Neil (1991–1995), daughter of musician Vince Neil to whom "Skylar's Song" was dedicated
Skylar Park (born 1999), Canadian taekwondo practitioner
Skyler Samuels (born 1993 or 1994), American actress
Skylar Schneider (born 1998), American cyclist
Skyler Shaye (born 1986), American actress
Skylar Star Stecker (born 2002), stage name Skylar Simone, American singer, songwriter, and actress
Skylar Stecker (born 2002), American singer-songwriter and actress
Skye Townsend (born 1993), American actress and singer
Skylar Wallace (born 2000), American softball player
Skyler White (writer) (born 1967), American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and romance novels

Men

Skyler Bell (born 2002), American football wide receiver
Skyler Bowlin (born 1989), American professional basketball player
Skyler Butts (born 1993), Hong Kong tennis player
Skylar Deleon (born 1979), American convicted in the murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks, changed gender to female while on death row
Skyler Gisondo (born 1996), American actor
Skyler Green (born 1984), American football player for the Dallas Cowboys
Skyler Howard (born 1994), American football quarterback
Skylar Astin Lipstein (born 1987), American actor
Skylar Mays (born 1997), American basketball player
Skylar Meade (born 1984), American college baseball head coach
Skyler Page (born 1989), American animator and voice actor
Skyler Stromsmoe (born 1984), Canadian baseball utility player
Skyler Stone (born 1979), American actor and comedian
Skylar Thomas (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player
Skylar Thompson (born 1997), American football player
Skyler Wheeler (born 1993), American politician

Stage names

Skylar Astin, American actor Skylar Astin Lipstein (born 1987)
Skylar Grey, Holly Brook Hafermann (born 1986), American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer
Skylar Simone, Skylar Star Stecker (born 2002), American singer, songwriter, and actress
Skylar Spence, Ryan DeRobertis, 21st century musician and singer

Fictional characters

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Skylar Adams, in the TV series Alphas
Skylar Banes, in the computer simulation game Anno 2070
Skylar Bergman, in the TV series Baywatch
Skyler Dayton, in the TV series Stacked
Skylar Deacon, in the 2000 novel Calling the Swan by Jean Thesman
Skyler "Skye" Miller, a main character of the novel Thirteen Reasons Why, and supporting one in the 2017 Netflix television show's first and second seasons
Skylar Sinclair, in the video game The Saboteur
Skylar Stevens, in the television series Jericho
Skylar Storm, in the TV series Mighty Med
Skyler White, in the TV series Breaking Bad
Skylar, in the movie Good Will Hunting, played by Minnie Driver
Skylar, in the movie Never Rarely Sometimes Always, played by Talia Ryder
Skyler the Fireworks Fairy, in the book series Rainbow Magic