Given name
Schuylar
“a scholarly man”
Schuylar is a variant of Schuyler. One Danish interpretation is “a scholarly man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Schuylar is a variant of Schuyler. One Danish interpretation is “a scholarly man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Schuylar is a variant of Schuyler. An origin associated with Schuyler is Danish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Schuylar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 18 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Schuylar’s family of names
Schuylar has a related form in Schuyler.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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