Thoughts on Schuyler?

I think it's lovely, and my instinctive pronunciation was 'shyler' so not too far off. Most people who aren't twats will happily be told 'it's pronounced Skyler' and then use it appropriately. Unfortunatley lots of people are twats

You're Dutch and it's a Dutch name, I see absolutely no reason why you should anglicise it for the benefit of people around you. It's not their child or their name.

Another Hamilton fan here so yes I knew how to pronounce it. Is it a first name though? I'm not a massive fan of surnames as first names though just to contradict myself I quite like Skyler.

Bram (as in Stoker) was short for Abraham. It's quite cool I think.

Should also add that I think it a lovely, strong name.

Well I've heard of it before and knew exactly how to pronounce it. It's not that odd or 'unique' imo.

It makes me think of Jewish Americans, for some reason.

People will mispronounce it all the time. From this thread you can see how many British people have no clue how to pronounce it. I would've said shoo-ler too. I think as long as you accept that while you live in the UK you will constantly have to tell people how to spell/pronounce it, then fine, go for it.

If you want an easy life, choose an English name. I'm guessing that Skyler/Skylar is the American phonetic spelling (since I don't know any DC called those names in the UK and I'm guessing most people's familiarity with that name will come from Breaking Bad!)

all you have to do is say "It's pronounced 'Sky-lar'" and they'll say it correctly

Not necessarily. I went to school for two years with a boy called Kowser. It was pronounced Koi-shore. Some of the teachers couldn't get it right the entire time. I knew someone else with the surname Tse, pronounced Teece. After 5 years of school some teachers still tried to pronounce it TuSea.

See how aggravated you're getting on here already.
Well imagine that as a daily occurance! Just because you know its not a yooneeq spelling, doesn't mean others in real life will. You will have to repeatedly REPEATEDLY advise people how to pronounce it, and they more than likely will judge you for the spelling. Think you'll be cracking out your real life face even more than you have on here.

Another Hamilton fan here. You might find it becomes better known when the musical comes to London.

Work!

OP, I'm an immigrant too so I know the struggles of finding names you like from your own country that still work in your new one. I have had to dismiss basically all of my top 5-10 names because here they don't sound anything like they do in English. I don't want to spend my whole life, (or my child to spend theirs) correcting people.

I would pronounce the name in the title as Shoy-ler.

I knew how to pronounce it too, and also knew that Schuyler is the 'proper spelling' - whereas I'd say 'Skyla' is more the trendy US 'you-neeq' version. It sounds nice, and if you're Dutch and don't mind explaining the pronunciation in the UK it's a great choice. Loads of people have foreign names that take a little explaining - many of which are beautiful - and it would be really boring if easy pronunciation was the only criteria for naming a child regardless of their heritage!
(PS. I probably like Vincent even more though - cool name)

Spell it the Dutch way. It's a Dutch name, you're Dutch, your child will be Dutch.

Yes, people will mispronounce it all the time in the UK, but all you have to do is say "It's pronounced 'Sky-lar'" and they'll say it correctly.

And yes, it's a nice name. Not as keen on Bram. The first thing that comes to mind is Bram Stoker (of course) and then Bran Flakes, so visions of Dracula eating cereal! Perhaps he went veggie...

I like it, I would keep the Dutch spelling.

It puts me in mind of an old Jewish professor. Which isn't a bad thing!

Hamilton:

genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-the-schuyler-sisters-lyrics

I'm with you, Delta!

I've known Schuyler was pronounced 'Skyla' for as long as I can remember. I honestly thought it was common knowledge (obviously not!). Really surprised at this thread.

I think Skyla looks 'yooneek' and Schuyler looks classy and correct.

I really like it!

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that the original spelling was Schuyler. I don't know anyone with this name or have any Dutch heritage but still knew it was pronounced Skylar. But now I'm wondering how I knew that

I like it op.

If you live in the UK, then don't. I'm usually pretty good with pronouncing unusual names and I said it "Shy-ler" or, at a push, "Shoe-ler".

If you want it pronounced Skylar, spell it that way.

For some reason I think of Skylar as a girls name, but read Schuyler as a male name.

I think it would suit a girl more than boy but that's just personal opinion.
You have Dutch heritage so I understand choosing that spelling.
People will at first find it hard to pronounce in the UK I'd imagine.
I wouldn't have had a clue from reading it and was surprised to find it was said like skylar.
People wil get used to it though!
Name your child what you like OP and what fits with your heritage!

I've come across a Schulyer pronounced as Skyler before (girl, family also said they wanted the Dutch spelling), so would now default to pronouncing it Skyler, but before that, I'd have mangled it horribly. It's not one where the pronunciation is obvious from the spelling for me.
It's also a name I associate as being a girl's name, as I've only ever met female Schulyer / Skyler's before.

I prefer Vincent out of the names you've mentioned.

Schuyler is nicer than Bram.

Bram is cute

I know how to pronounce it, but them my current obsession is the musical Hamilton (which features a whole family of Schuylers)

It's very unique if you're going to be living in the uk op ..no point getting stroppy when people are giving you opinions which you asked for

Ok you know it's a Dutch name and you don't think it's that unusual and you know how to pronounce it. Great. Hardly anyone else will. I would look at it and assume you couldn't spell. I know an 'Ameleya' which I'd put in the same bracket. Sorry but you asked,

I would go with Schuyler if you are going to use the name. I'm not a fan of the name personally, though do prefer the original spelling to the horrid Skyler spelling.

Bram is nice.