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Help[Facts] Schuyler
Just wondering, is this really Dutch for scholar? And if it is, is it really pronounced SKY-ler? I speak German which is close to Dutch and I just can't imagine that this word is originally pronounced SKY-ler, which is probably because I prefer Skyler. Does anyone know?
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From a previous thread about this name: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/659655 .
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The information about pronounciation is better in the link Claudia posted. However, I am wondering about the meaning. The Dutch word 'schuilen' means to hide or to take cover.
The first time I met an American with this name, I couldn't understand what he meant when he kept going on about his Dutch name and what a proud meaning because he pronounced it something like Skylar and I could not think of a Dutch word or name that was similar.
The first time I met an American with this name, I couldn't understand what he meant when he kept going on about his Dutch name and what a proud meaning because he pronounced it something like Skylar and I could not think of a Dutch word or name that was similar.
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I think there is no need to worry about that meaning because several reliable sources give that meaning, including this site - just click Schuyler.
The language may well have changed in the last 300 years. The modern Dutch word now is scholier. Note that the equivalent German word Schüler is still quite near to Schuyler, at least in writing.
The language may well have changed in the last 300 years. The modern Dutch word now is scholier. Note that the equivalent German word Schüler is still quite near to Schuyler, at least in writing.
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Sorry, don't know about Dutch pronounciations at all...
But after checking the meaning of Schuyler myself a while ago I am pretty sure that schuyler in exactly that form is not in use as a common word in Dutch anymore. The modern Dutch word for "student, pupil" is scholier, as I wrote earlier.
People whith that family name are another matter.
But after checking the meaning of Schuyler myself a while ago I am pretty sure that schuyler in exactly that form is not in use as a common word in Dutch anymore. The modern Dutch word for "student, pupil" is scholier, as I wrote earlier.
People whith that family name are another matter.
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