The unisex given name Skyler or Skylar () is an Anglicized spelling of the surname and given name '' Schuyler''. ''Schuyler'' was introduced into America as a surname by 17th century Dutch settlers arriving in New York. By the 19th century, in honor of members of New York's Schuyler family such as

Philip Schuyler Philip John Schuyler (; November 20, 1733 - November 18, 1804) was an American general in the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War and a United States Senate, United States Senator from New York (state), New York. He is usually known as ...

, the surname had entered use as a given name; for example,

Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Jr. ( ; March 23, 1823January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the United Sta ...

(1823–1885), the 17th

Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest ranking office in the Executive branch of the United States government, executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks f ...

. The spellings ''Skyler'' and ''Skylar'' first were popularized in the United States during the 1980s. The name is in use for both boys and girls.

Women

Skylar Ackerman Skylar Ackerman (born August 20, 2001) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Career Ackerman made her first appearance at the national level at the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships. There, she skipped her Saskatchewan rin ...

(born 2001), Canadian curler *

Skylar Brandt Skylar Paley Brandt (born January 8, 1993) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Early life Skylar Brandt was born and raised in Purchase, New York. Her parents are Gary and Barbara B ...

(born 1993), American ballerina, a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre * Skylar Dahl (born 2003), American Paralympic rower *

Skyler Day Skyler Elizabeth Day (born August 2, 1991) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her recurring roles as Maggie Ritter on the TeenNick series '' Gigantic'' and as Amy Ellis on the NBC series '' Parenthood''. Life ...

(born 1991), American actress and singer *

Skylar Diggins-Smith Skylar Kierra Diggins (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNBA draft. I ...

(born 1990), American basketball player * Skylar Fontaine (born 1998), American ice hockey player * Sky Katz (born 2004), American actress, rapper and singer *

Skylar Laine Skylar Laine (born Skylar Laine Harden; February 1, 1994) is an American singer from Brandon, Mississippi. She placed fifth on the eleventh season of ''American Idol''. Early life Laine was born on February 1, 1994, in Jackson, Mississippi, to ...

(born 1994), American singer, a competitor on ''American Idol'' season 11 * Skylar Little (born 1978) American soccer player *

Skylar Neese Skylar Annette Neese (February 10, 1996July 6, 2012) was a sixteen-year-old American girl who disappeared from her home in Star City, West Virginia, around midnight on July 6, 2012. Her body was found in January 2013, across the nearby state li ...

(1996–2012), American teen murdered by two of her closest friends * Skylar Neil (1991–1995), daughter of musician

Vince Neil Vincent Neil Wharton (born February 8, 1961) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist of heavy metal music, heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, which he fronted from their 1981 formation until his departure in 1992. Neil reunited with the ...

to whom "Skylar's Song" was dedicated * Skylar Park (born 1999), Canadian taekwondo practitioner *

Skyler Samuels Skyler Samuels (born ) is an American actress, known for her roles in the television series ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', ''The Gates'', ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'', ''Scream Queens'' and '' The Gifted''. Early life Samuels was born in Los ...

(born 1993 or 1994), American actress * Skylar Schneider (born 1998), American cyclist * Skyler Shaye (born 1986), American actress * Skylar Star Stecker (born 2002), stage name

Skylar Simone Skylar Star Stecker (born April 24, 2002), known professionally as Skylar Simone, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2015, she released her debut studio album, ''This Is Me''. In March 2019, she independently released her second ...

, American singer, songwriter, and actress *

Skylar Stecker Skylar Star Stecker (born April 24, 2002), known professionally as Skylar Simone, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2015, she released her debut studio album, ''This Is Me''. In March 2019, she independently released her second ...

(born 2002), American singer-songwriter and actress *

Skye Townsend Skylar Christan "Skye" Townsend (born September 1, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She has released two EPs, ''Vomit'' (2012) and ''Rocking Chairs'' (2015). Townsend joined the main cast of '' A Black Lady Sketch Show'' in 2021. She curre ...

(born 1993), American actress and singer *

Skylar Wallace Maelynn "Skylar" Wallace (born January 4, 2000) is an American professional softball player for the Bandits of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She played college softball at Alabama and Florida. She was named the NFCA National Pla ...

(born 2000), American softball player *

Skyler White (writer) Skyler White (born 1967) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, including the novel ''The Incrementalists'' co-authored with Steven Brust. She is also the author of two novels in the genres of romance and erotica. Biography Ea ...

(born 1967), American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and romance novels

Men

Skyler Bell Skyler Bell (born July 5, 2002) is an American football wide receiver for the UConn Huskies. He previously played for the Wisconsin Badgers. Early life and high school Bell attended the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut. Coming out of high ...

(born 2002), American football wide receiver *

Skyler Bowlin Skyler Bowlin (born July 13, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Bakken Bears of the Danish Basketligaen. Bowlin plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career In the 2015–16 season, he ...

(born 1989), American professional basketball player *

Skyler Butts Skyler Butts (born 18 September 1993) is a Hong Kong tennis player. Butts has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1147 achieved on 27 November 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1375 achieved on 27 November 2017. Butts rep ...

(born 1993), Hong Kong tennis player * Skylar Deleon (born 1979), American convicted in the

murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks Thomas and Jackie Hawks were a couple from Prescott, Arizona, United States, who were murdered in 2004. In April 2009, Skylar Julius Deleon and Jennifer Henderson were convicted of charges relating to their murders. Deleon was sentenced to ...

, changed gender to female while on death row *

Skyler Gisondo Skyler Augustus Gisondo (born July 22, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films ''Licorice Pizza'', ''Booksmart'', and ''Vacation'', as well as the television programs ''Psych'', '' The Righteous Gemstones'', and ''Sant ...

(born 1996), American actor *

Skyler Green Skyler Levon Green (born September 12, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals and New Orleans Saint ...

(born 1984), American football player for the

Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. T ...

* Skylar Hales (born 2001), American baseball pitcher * Skyler Howard (born 1994), American football quarterback *

Skylar Astin Skylar Astin Lipstein (born September 23, 1987) is an American actor. He became known for portraying Jesse Swanson in the musical films '' Pitch Perfect'' (2012) and '' Pitch Perfect 2'' (2015). He originated the role of Georg in the Broadway mu ...

Lipstein (born 1987), American actor * Skylar Mays (born 1997), American basketball player *

Skylar Meade Skylar Meade (born September 10, 1984) is an American baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (bas ...

(born 1984), American college baseball head coach *

Skyler Page Skyler Dale Page (born October 13, 1989) is an American former animator, writer, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series '' Clarence'', as well as for his tenure as a writer and ...

(born 1989), American animator and voice actor * Skyler Stromsmoe (born 1984), Canadian baseball utility player *

Skyler Stone Skyler Joseph Clipner, professionally known as Skyler Stone (born January 1, 1979) is an American actor who starred in '' Con'' which ran on Comedy Central for two months in the spring of 2005. Early life and education Stone was born in St. Louis ...

(born 1979), American actor and comedian * Skylar Thomas (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player *

Skylar Thompson Skylar John Thompson (born June 4, 1997) is an American professional football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats and was drafted by the Miami D ...

(born 1997), American football player * Skyler Wheeler (born 1993), American politician

Stage names

, American actor Skylar Astin Lipstein (born 1987) *

Skylar Grey Holly Brook Hafermann (born February 23, 1986), known professionally as Skylar Grey, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2004, Grey signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group and a recording contract w ...

, Holly Brook Hafermann (born 1986), American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer *

, Skylar Star Stecker (born 2002), American singer, songwriter, and actress *

Skylar Spence Ryan DeRobertis (known by his stage names Skylar Spence and SAINT PEPSI) is an American electronic musician and singer who grew up in Farmingville, New York and attended Boston College for two years studying music. His electronic music project SA ...

, Ryan DeRobertis, 21st century musician and singer

Fictional characters

Female

* Skylar Adams, in the TV series ''Alphas'' * Skylar Banes, in the computer simulation game ''

Anno 2070 ''Anno 2070'' is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements. It is the 5th game of the ''Anno'' series. It was released on 17 November 2011, and was co-developed by the German studios Related Designs and Bl ...

'' *

Skylar Bergman This is a list of the characters in the TV series ''Baywatch'' and ''Baywatch: Hawaii''. Cast timeline ;Cast notes ''Baywatch'' (1989–1990; 1991–1999) ;Mitch Buchannon, Mitchell "Mitch" Buchannon (David Hasselhoff, ''Baywatch: Panic at M ...

, in the TV series ''

Baywatch ''Baywatch'' is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. It was created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz ...

'' * Skyler Dayton, in the TV series ''

Stacked ''Stacked'' is an American television sitcom that aired on Fox from April 13, 2005, to January 11, 2006. Premise ''Stacked'' was described as the opposite of ''Cheers'', instead of a smart person in a "dumb" place, it is based on the concept o ...

'' * Skylar Deacon, in the 2000 novel '' Calling the Swan'' by Jean Thesman * Skyler "Skye" Miller, a main character of the novel ''

Thirteen Reasons Why ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' (stylized as ''TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY'') is a young adult novel written by Jay Asher in 2007, which follows the story of Hannah Baker, a high school sophomore, and the thirteen reasons why she killed herself. Following he ...

'', and supporting one in the 2017 Netflix television show's first and second seasons * Skylar Sinclair, in the video game '' The Saboteur'' * Skylar Stevens, in the television series ''Jericho'' * Skylar Storm, in the TV series ''

Mighty Med ''Mighty Med'' is an American television series created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz and produced by It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. It stars Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, Devan Leos, and Augie Isaac. The ser ...

'' *

Skyler White Skyler White (née Lambert) is a fictional character portrayed by Anna Gunn in the American crime drama television series ''Breaking Bad''. Skyler is married to protagonist Walter White. For her performance, Gunn received critical acclaim. She ...

, in the TV series ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC (TV channel), AMC. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White (Bryan Cran ...

'' * Skylar, in the movie ''

Good Will Hunting ''Good Will Hunting'' is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. It stars Robin Williams, Damon, Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver. The film tells the story of janitor Will Hunt ...

'', played by

Minnie Driver Amelia Fiona Jessica "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is a British and American actress and singer. She rose to prominence with her break-out role in the 1995 film ''Circle of Friends (1995 film), Circle of Friends''. She went on to star i ...

* Skylar, in the movie ''

Never Rarely Sometimes Always ''Never Rarely Sometimes Always'' is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Eliza Hittman. It stars Sidney Flanigan (in her acting debut), Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, and Sharon Van Etten. It had its world premiere at th ...

'', played by

Talia Ryder Talia Ryder (born August 16, 2002) is an American stage and film actress. She made her feature film debut as Skylar in Eliza Hittman's critically acclaimed independent drama film '' Never Rarely Sometimes Always'' (2020) earning her nominations ...

* Skyler the Fireworks Fairy, in the book series ''

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and currently owned by Mattel, with some licensing rights held by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Bo ...

Male

* Skyler Morse, in the animated TV series ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

'' * Skylar, the crane chugger who became a new teacher to the trainees after Dunbar left.

Genderless

* Skylar, an artificial intelligence in the 3D shooter game ''

Cybermorph ''Cybermorph'' is a shooter video game developed by Attention to Detail (ATD) and published by Atari Corporation as the pack-in game for the Atari Jaguar in North America on November 23, 1993, and Europe in June 1994. It was also distributed in ...

References

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