# Skyler > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Skyler > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Skyler.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyler > Source revision: 1355678428 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) "Skylar" redirects here. For other uses, see [Skylar (disambiguation)](/source/Skylar_(disambiguation)). **Skyler** or **Skylar** (/ˈskaɪlər/) is a unisex given name, an Anglicized spelling of the surname and given name [Schuyler](/source/Schuyler_(name)).[citation needed] Schuyler was introduced into America as a surname by 17th-century Dutch settlers arriving in New York.[1] By the 19th century, in honor of members of New York's Schuyler family such as [Philip Schuyler](/source/Philip_Schuyler), the surname had entered use as a given name;[citation needed] for example, [Schuyler Colfax](/source/Schuyler_Colfax) (1823–1885), the 17th [Vice President of the United States](/source/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.[2] ## Women - [Skylar Ackerman](/source/Skylar_Ackerman) (born 2001), Canadian curler - [Skylar Brandt](/source/Skylar_Brandt) (born 1993), American ballerina, a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre - [Skylar Dahl](/source/Skylar_Dahl) (born 2003), American Paralympic rower - [Skyler Day](/source/Skyler_Day) (born 1991), American actress and singer - [Skylar Diggins-Smith](/source/Skylar_Diggins-Smith) (born 1990), American basketball player - [Skylar Fontaine](/source/Skylar_Fontaine) (born 1998), American ice hockey player - [Skylar Grey](/source/Skylar_Grey) (born 1986), American singer and rapper - [Skylar Irving](/source/Skylar_Irving) (born 2002), American ice hockey player - [Skylar Laine](/source/Skylar_Laine) (born 1994), American singer, a competitor on *American Idol* season 11 - [Skylar Little](/source/Skylar_Little) (born 1978) American soccer player - [Skylar Neese](/source/Murder_of_Skylar_Neese) (1996–2012), American teen murdered by two of her closest friends - Skylar Neil (1991–1995), daughter of musician [Vince Neil](/source/Vince_Neil) to whom "Skylar's Song" was dedicated - [Skylar Park](/source/Skylar_Park) (born 1999), Canadian taekwondo practitioner - [Skyler Samuels](/source/Skyler_Samuels) (born 1993 or 1994), American actress - [Skylar Schneider](/source/Skylar_Schneider) (born 1998), American cyclist - [Skyler Shaye](/source/Skyler_Shaye) (born 1986), American actress - Skylar Star Stecker (born 2002), stage name [Skylar Simone](/source/Skylar_Simone), American singer, songwriter, and actress - [Skye Townsend](/source/Skye_Townsend) (born 1993), American actress and singer - [Skylar Wallace](/source/Skylar_Wallace) (born 2000), American softball player - [Skyler White (writer)](/source/Skyler_White_(writer)) (born 1967), American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and romance novels ## Men - [Skyler Bell](/source/Skyler_Bell) (born 2002), American football wide receiver - [Skyler Bowlin](/source/Skyler_Bowlin) (born 1989), American professional basketball player - [Skyler Butts](/source/Skyler_Butts) (born 1993), Hong Kong tennis player - [Skyler Gill-Howard](/source/Skyler_Gill-Howard) (born 2002), American football player - [Skyler Gisondo](/source/Skyler_Gisondo) (born 1996), American actor - [Skyler Green](/source/Skyler_Green) (born 1984), American football player for the Dallas Cowboys - [Skylar Hales](/source/Skylar_Hales) (born 2001), American baseball pitcher - [Skyler Howard](/source/Skyler_Howard) (born 1994), American football quarterback - [Skylar Astin](/source/Skylar_Astin) Lipstein (born 1987), American actor - [Skylar Mays](/source/Skylar_Mays) (born 1997), American basketball player - [Skylar Meade](/source/Skylar_Meade) (born 1984), American college baseball head coach - [Skyler Page](/source/Skyler_Page) (born 1989), American animator and voice actor - [Skyler Stromsmoe](/source/Skyler_Stromsmoe) (born 1984), Canadian baseball utility player - [Skyler Stone](/source/Skyler_Stone) (born 1979), American actor and comedian - [Skylar Thomas](/source/Skylar_Thomas) (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player - [Skyler Thomas](/source/Skyler_Thomas) (born 2003), American football player - [Skylar Thompson](/source/Skylar_Thompson) (born 1997), American football player - [Skyler Wheeler](/source/Skyler_Wheeler) (born 1993), American politician ## Stage names - [Skylar Astin](/source/Skylar_Astin), American actor Skylar Astin Lipstein (born 1987) - [Skylar Grey](/source/Skylar_Grey), Holly Brook Hafermann (born 1986), American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer - [Skylar Simone](/source/Skylar_Simone), Skylar Star Stecker (born 2002), American singer, songwriter, and actress - [Skylar Spence](/source/Skylar_Spence), Ryan DeRobertis, 21st-century musician and singer ## Fictional characters ### Female - [Skylar Adams](/source/Alphas#Recurring_characters), in the TV series *Alphas* - Skylar Banes, in the computer simulation game *[Anno 2070](/source/Anno_2070)* - [Skylar Bergman](/source/Skylar_Bergman), in the TV series *[Baywatch](/source/Baywatch)* - Skyler Dayton, in the TV series *[Stacked](/source/Stacked)* - Skylar Deacon, in the 2000 novel *[Calling the Swan](/source/Calling_the_Swan)* by Jean Thesman - Skyler "Skye" Miller, a main character of the novel *[Thirteen Reasons Why](/source/Thirteen_Reasons_Why)*, and supporting one in the 2017 [Netflix television show](/source/13_Reasons_Why)'s first and second seasons - Skylar Sinclair, in the video game *[The Saboteur](/source/The_Saboteur)* - [Skylar Stevens](/source/List_of_Jericho_characters#Skylar_Stevens), in the television series *Jericho* - [Skylar Storm](/source/List_of_Mighty_Med_characters#Skylar_Storm), in the TV series *[Mighty Med](/source/Mighty_Med)* - [Skyler White](/source/Skyler_White), in the TV series *[Breaking Bad](/source/Breaking_Bad)* - Skylar, in the movie *[Good Will Hunting](/source/Good_Will_Hunting)*, played by [Minnie Driver](/source/Minnie_Driver) - Skylar, in the movie *[Never Rarely Sometimes Always](/source/Never_Rarely_Sometimes_Always)*, played by [Talia Ryder](/source/Talia_Ryder) - Skyler the Fireworks Fairy, in the book series *[Rainbow Magic](/source/Rainbow_Magic)* - Skyler, from the [Papa Louie](/source/Papa_Louie) video games ### Male - Skyler Morse, in the animated TV series *[South Park](/source/South_Park)* ### Genderless - Skylar, an artificial intelligence in the 3D shooter game *[Cybermorph](/source/Cybermorph)* ## See also - [Skylor Chen](/source/Skylor_Chen), a character in *Ninjago* - [Sklyarov](/source/Sklyarov), a surname - [Sklar](/source/Sklar) and Sklyar, surnames ## References 1. ["Skyler (boy)"](http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Skyler). *ThinkBabyNames.com*. Retrieved 6 December 2022. 1. Williams, Alex (18 August 2016). ["Is Hayden a Boy or Girl? Both. 'Post-Gender' Baby Names Are on the Rise."](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/fashion/gender-neutral-baby-names.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 3 June 2022. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Skyler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyler) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyler?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.