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View Name: Schuyler


SCHUYLER
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: SKIE-lər   [key]
Meaning & History
From a Dutch surname meaning "scholar". Dutch settlers brought the surname to America, where it was subsequently adopted as a given name in honour of the American general and senator Philip Schuyler (1733-1804).
Related Names
VARIANTS: Skylar, Skyler
Popularity
United States  - 



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