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Thoughts on Schuyler?

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AustraliaAmerica · 19/08/2016 17:03

Thanks! Pronounced Sky-ler...

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Laniakea · 19/08/2016 18:11

I really like Bram Vincent Schuyler Smile

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AustraliaAmerica · 19/08/2016 18:06

Ilive it isn't unique ffs!

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 19/08/2016 18:04

Yooneek spellings IMO are fine provided you can tell what the name is.
Eg.
Skyla
Skylagh
Would be okay

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 19/08/2016 18:02

I'd have pronounced it School-yer.
It looks nothing like Skyler. Which is equally as awful.

PotteringAlong · 19/08/2016 18:01

People are giving you opinions on the name - they're saying it's fine but no one will be able to pronounce it or spell it and that will be irritating for you and / or your child.

LaurieFairyCake · 19/08/2016 17:57

Your surname is Dutch and you have Dutch heritage - then you can spell it the Dutch way

Just be aware that since you're not Dutch and you're not speaking Dutch and living in a Dutch community then she'll have to spell it every day of your life you live in the UK Grin

And she'll have to explain how to pronounce it too. Every day you live in the UK.

Have you considered Bob? Grin

SonicSpotlight · 19/08/2016 17:57

I manage to get through most days not mentioning them Wink

I really like Vincent.

Alicekeach · 19/08/2016 17:57

I like Schuyler, which I've always thought of as the proper spelling (like the actress Schuyler Grant who was in the Anne of Green Gables films). If you have the Dutch heritage to go with it, I'd say go for it. It's a beautiful classy name.

Lilacpink40 · 19/08/2016 17:57

Boy - Bram
Girl - Skyler

Sorry but other spelling of Skyler looks very 'made up'. A bit like Jorja for Georgia.

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AustraliaAmerica · 19/08/2016 17:57

We find girls names easier, as we are keen on the ones that work all across the globe.

We could do Vincent Bram Schuyler or Bram Vincent Schuyler, if it's not too much.

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GillBear · 19/08/2016 17:56

Oh.... So is it said Bram or Braahm?

EssentialHummus · 19/08/2016 17:55

I like Bram but (same issue basically) it will likely be pronounced to rhyme with "pram" rather than sounding like Braam / Brahm.

ClubTropicanaDrinks · 19/08/2016 17:53

I like Bram too.

AuntieStella · 19/08/2016 17:53

I'd pronounce it rather as Schoyler (like the Dutch surname) and I think that's how it would be pronounced pretty much across Europe.

Not a name that survives the transplant across the Atlantic.

If you want to give a girl this name in Europe, then spell it Skyla.

mrstiggy · 19/08/2016 17:51

I like Vincent. And Schuyler is very nice as a middle name.

TrinityForce · 19/08/2016 17:51

My DP is belgian and we have the same problem. Especially as all the anglicised names that work in Belgium are very popular and he knows dickheads with those names so won't accept them.

We settled on Finn Grin

You've got to have a name that works well in both countires, IMO. Schuyler is nice but won't be easy for the child in the UK. Bram works well.

Laniakea · 19/08/2016 17:49

Bram is much better imo.

In my ignorance I didn't realise that Schuyler (which I'd instinctively pronounce Shoo-la) & Skyler were the same name. I don't think there is anything wrong with using it - and I much prefer your spelling to Skyler - but there will be lots of people who get it wrong. I have a phonetically simple but non-English name and you would be amazed at how people manage to mangle it ... it doesn't bother me massively but it does happen.

GillBear · 19/08/2016 17:49

I like Bram

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AustraliaAmerica · 19/08/2016 17:48

We do quite like Vincent, although it's not exactly what we were looking for. Vincent Schuyler?

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RiverTam · 19/08/2016 17:48

Sonic so do you say Michael Skoomacher? David Skwimmer? Peter Skmichael?

glitterwhip · 19/08/2016 17:47

I have an Irish name and it's not all that uncommon and people pronounce and spell it wrong constantly ..i would have pronounced that name as 'shyler' ..but ultimately if you love it then go for it

doing · 19/08/2016 17:46

Bram is ok. It all depends on how Dutch she/he is.

SonicSpotlight · 19/08/2016 17:46

To all those saying Sch = a Sh sound, where do your children go weekdays in term time? To shool?

mrstiggy · 19/08/2016 17:45

I get why you want to use it OP, and once you know how to say it it seems a very nice name. But you asked for opinions, so if the opinion is 'most people will not know how to say it or will spell it incorrectly if they heard it' then you have to take it as it is, not complain that the opinion is not what you wanted. You don't have to agree or not use it based on those opinions though. Smile
I agree that the name will be hard for most in the UK to pronounce without being told. Do you have any other Dutch names that you like that would fit both criteria? Ie be true to your heritage whilst making his/her life in the UK a little easier?

Whenwillwe3meetagain · 19/08/2016 17:43

Bram just makes me think of Bram Stoker....much nicer names out there in my opinion.