Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Skyler
/SKY · ler/
Meaning
“Scholar or shelter”
Anglicized form of the Dutch surname Schuyler, from Dutch meaning 'scholar' or 'shelter'; popularized in the US as a given name in the 1980s-90s.
Nicknames
sky
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1990s-2000s in the US; starting to feel like a timestamp rather than a timeless choice.
The cultural moment.
Top 100 in the US through the 1990s and 2000s; declining since 2015.