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Re: Skyla?
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Schuyler. It's a Dutch surname, and because North America was originally colonised by the Dutch (though not for long) some Dutch names have formed part of their naming stock - Roosevelt, for instance, and places like Harlem. The fashion in the STates for using surnames as first names has led some parents to name their sons and/or daughters Schuyler, which they are unable or unwilling to pronounce in a Dutch way! Hence they say it like Skyla or Skylar, and spell it to match.Congratulations - you are ahead of the trend!
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Sorry - forgot! Click on the hyperlink for Skylar, and you're there!
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I once had a classmate called called Skylar aeons ago. I used to poke fun at her call her Skylab.
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