Thoughts on Schuyler?

I thought Schuyler looked like a boy's name until I found out it's Skylar which, to me, is a girl's name.

Dutch spelling/pronunciation is not at all well known in the UK, so it's going to be an ongoing pain in the neck for the child.

I speak conversational German and have lived in South Africa so have some familiarity with Afrikaans spelling and my best guess would have been Shoy-ler/Skoy-ler.

I know a Dutch family now (not in UK, but English is the common language for expats here). They have a little Guusje. Absolutely no one can says right and I feel a little sorry for her always correcting people. Some names just don't travel well.

I would pronounce it properly- but don't really like it, or Bram if I am being honest, Vincent is the least bad but only at a push,

I think all teachers will call her/him Shooyeeler. The more educated will attempt Skoyeeler.

From a Nordic person view. Why do you want to hang this incredibly difficult name on your child?

OP please do not think that all us Brits are so small minded. With Dutch heritage I think a Dutch name is totally appropriate wherever you live. Choose the one you love best and feel sorry for people who so proudly display their ignorance.

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I would have pronounced if skyler.

Call your baby what you want and Spell if however you like. I like it

I'm Dutch, and to the best of my knowledge, this is not a name that's often used as a first name. It's a surname, which was anglicised and turned into a first name when it ended up in America. To use it as a first name sounds odd to my Dutch ears, whereas Skylar sounds fine.

I'm all for using proper authentic spellings of names, whatever their country of origin. I didn't know that 'Skylar' was of Durch origin and would not have recognised the name you posted as a being said the way Skylar is, and I'm a German-speaking MFL teacher and generally very good with foreign words. It's not that you shouldn't use it, it's just that you and your child might get very fed up with mispronunciations.

Schuyler, in Europe, isn't 'skyler' it's more like Shoyler.

Might work in the States, but not UK unless you want to be correcting people all the time.

And I'm another one that knows it because of the Anne of Green Gables actress!

I'm not sure it's a name I would use but I definitely think that Schuyler is seen as the correct spelling and have seen it before. I much prefer it to the anglicised "Skylar". I think of it more as a girl name than a boy name.

I think it's a fabulous name!

I have a 10 year old Skylar and considered Schuyler and much prefer it. No Dutch origin but I have another child with an Ancient Greek name and I haven't tried to anglicise that. I hate that people say only people of a certain origin can use a particular spelling. But you have Dutch origin too so I really think the original spelling is the one to use. Who really cares that most people will not know how to pronounce it at first? People who will see them regularly will be told it as spoken first, and those in passing don't need to know. There are plenty of British names, Welsh and Irish that English people don't know how to pronounce too and it's not a long term problem. Skylar and Skyler has been further bastardised now as 'Skyla' which I think looks awful, and now I really regret my eldest dd's name because of that, definitely go with the original.

I like it. And I would pronounce it Sky-ler but then I am part Dutch. . .

We didn't use our loved names for our boys because one is a v Irish name and one a v Welsh one. We no longer live in or near either of those places and I shudder to think how they would have been pronounced let alone spelled on a daily basis!

I like it.
If you have a Dutch surname it will prompt people to check pronunciation.

If I lived abroad I'd still choose an 'English ' name
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I thought Sky-ler straightaway, without having any clear idea why. The only Skylar I can think of was in South Park.

Nothing wrong with it if you're prepared to be irritated every time someone gets it wrong (I've got one of those, and it's only the traditional form of a perfectly standard British name, and FFS CAN YOU READ ) Think about how patient you can be about this before you commit yourself.

For what it's worth, when I saw the thread I thought Shoe-ler, but then thought it's probably Skyler. I think if you have a Dutch surname and it's the spelling you prefer, go with that spelling. Just don't get precious if people pronounce it wrongly and try to teach your child to be patient with it too.

How?

I love Schuyler. I think it's classy and gorgeous and I'd know how to pronounce it.

I'm really surpised at the reaction this name has got! Ok it's not that common in this country, but it's hardly an obscure name. It makes me think of WASPy Americans, the old Dutch New York families, which is where it comes from I think. It does also make me think of Skyler White! I don't know when I learned to pronounce it, but once you've been told it's not hard to remember. Go for it, OP!

I assume though greatfuckability (love the name!) that you pronounce the name correctly in Welsh.

The sch in Dutch is not shh or sk. Ask someone who comes from scheveningen. How that sch is pronounced in Dutch is how they would check if someone was a Dutch or German speaker in the war.

There's a discussion about it here

My DD has a welsh variant spelling of her name, do we need to spell it all the time? Yes. Do we care? No. Its a beautiful name.
Do it OP.

The Sch in Schuyler isn't a 'sk' it is in fact closer to 'shh'. Even in Dutch.

I'm guessing the OP isn't at all Dutch or it's a very historical connection and she has no idea about the language. Just looking to be stamping her feet about the name not being 'unique'.