Skyler
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, the surname had entered use as a given name; for example, Schuyler Colfax, the 17th Vice President of the United States.
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, Canadian curler
- Skylar Brandt, American ballerina, a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre
- Skylar Dahl, American Paralympic rower
- Skyler Day, American actress and singer
- Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player
- Skylar Fontaine, American ice hockey player
- Skylar Irving, American ice hockey player
- Sky Katz, American actress, rapper and singer
- Skylar Laine, American singer, a competitor on American Idol season 11
- Skylar Little American soccer player
- Skylar Neese, American teen murdered by two of her closest friends
- Skylar Neil, daughter of musician Vince Neil to whom "Skylar's Song" was dedicated
- Skylar Park, Canadian taekwondo practitioner
- Skyler Samuels, American actress
- Skylar Schneider, American cyclist
- Skyler Shaye, American actress
- Skylar Star Stecker, stage name Skylar Simone, American singer, songwriter, and actress
- Skye Townsend, American actress and singer
- Skylar Wallace, American softball player
- Skyler White , American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and romance novels
Men
- Skyler Bell, American football wide receiver
- Skyler Bowlin, American professional basketball player
- Skyler Butts, Hong Kong tennis player
- Skylar Deleon, American convicted in the murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks, changed gender to female while on death row
- Skyler Gisondo, American actor
- Skyler Green, American football player for the Dallas Cowboys
- Skylar Hales, American baseball pitcher
- Skyler Howard, American football quarterback
- Skylar Astin Lipstein, American actor
- Skylar Mays, American basketball player
- Skylar Meade, American college baseball head coach
- Skyler Page, American animator and voice actor
- Skyler Stromsmoe, Canadian baseball utility player
- Skyler Stone, American actor and comedian
- Skylar Thomas, Canadian former soccer player
- Skylar Thompson, American football player
- Skyler Wheeler, American politician
Stage names
- Skylar Astin, American actor Skylar Astin Lipstein
- Skylar Grey, Holly Brook Hafermann, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer
- Skylar Simone, Skylar Star Stecker, American singer, songwriter, and actress
- Skylar Spence, 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
- Skylar Bergman, in the TV series Baywatch
- Skyler Dayton, in the TV series Stacked
- Skylar Deacon, in the 2000 novel Calling the Swan by Jean Thesman
- Skyler "Skye" Miller, a main character of the novel Thirteen Reasons Why, 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
- Skyler White, in the TV series Breaking Bad
- Skylar, in the movie Good Will Hunting, played by Minnie Driver
- Skylar, in the movie Never Rarely Sometimes Always, played by Talia Ryder
- Skyler the Fireworks Fairy, in the book series Rainbow Magic
- Skyler, from the Papa Louie video games
Male
- Skyler Morse, in the animated TV series ''South Park''
Genderless
- Skylar, an artificial intelligence in the 3D shooter game ''Cybermorph''