Thoughts on Schuyler?

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Thanks! Pronounced Sky-ler...

For a boy or girl?

I don't think that's the way it will be pronounced...

Either gender, we don't know what sex it is.

Why not?

It says shoo lur not skylar.

If you want to use Skylar then spell it Skylar. Your youneeq spelling is shocking.

They will have a lifetime of people saying Schooler, shooler, shyler, but very few people will see your spelling and pronounce it the way you want!

It's not a unique spelling? it's the original Dutch spelling, the name it originally came from

Yeah, my attempt at pronouncing it would've been Shoo-ler.

Any reason not to spell it Skyler?

I'd pronounce it shy-lah.

I think you will have a lot of mispronounciations.

Because no-one will know that's how it's pronounced. Don't do it.

See here for the ridiculous number of ways people think it's pronounced:

www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/schuyler

Plus, they had better be very clever indeed with a name like that. It's derived from the Dutch for scholar.

I would say Shoola or Shoila as would most others I imagine. Just go with Skyler!

We have Dutch heritage, that's why I want it spelt in that why and not some English alternative

Are you Dutch? If not, don't do it.

Apologies on the youneeq, it is a difficult one to pronounce from those letters.

Personally I'd use the Dutch spelling if DC will have a Dutch surname, but the Americanized Skylar otherwise. Without giving it a second thought I'd pronounce it "Shayler" (and I'm an Afrikaans speaker!).

Well if you are living in Holland go for it. But Sch in English is not pronounced the same as Sk

I agree unless you or oh are Dutch don't use it.

I'd pronounce it Sky-ler with that spelling so not everyone will. get it wrong! I consider Schuyler to be a girl's name but that's because I only know of one and she's a girl. I think it's a nice name.

Op, it's your baby so your choice. However please remember you have posted, on a primarily UK based forum, for opinions on the name. You cannot be surprised therefore with suggestions that to the native English speaker it is not a name that reads easily.

My Dad is welsh and has a welsh name. He chose to give my siblings and I anglicised names, and i am very grateful.

Even my aunt is still spelling his name wrong, 37 years after he married her sister. Let alone banks, businesses, friends, etc.

I don't mind feedback! I'm just surprised that it's seen as a unique spelling Michael has ch that's said with a k.

I also see many people on here say to go for the French spelling/Irish spelling, etc.

If you're living in the UK then remember that it is the dc that will have to live with spelling it out all the time, people will also assume that it is a girls name if you have a ds.

I would say it as 'shula' as in Shula Archer. I think it's a nice enough name but it will be mis-spelled and mis pronounced by strangers, and probably forever as there isn't a significant Dutch community in the UK so English people aren't going to learn it the way they have with names such as Niamh or Siobhan.

We're in the UK, but their last name will be Dutch. I don't see it as any different to an Asian child, with an Asian name in the UK?

Fair enough if you don't like the name, but I all the names we like are Dutch, so DC's name will be Dutch.

If you're going to be living in the UK people are not going to know how to pronounce it.

It's up to you, but bear in mind it's going to need a lifetime of constant corrections with pretty much every person your child gives their name to.

If you are Dutch and that's how it's spelt/pronounced then go for it.

If you are not, just don't

I would have pronounced it shoo-lar based on your spelling.

You do what you want then but don't ask for opinions