Schuyler

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dutch surname "scholar, student"(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), from German Schüler;[1] brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skaɪ.lɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Schuyler

  1. An American surname​.
  2. A male given name, transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
  3. A female given name
  4. a city in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of Colfax County.

Derived terms
  1. Kuiken, Kees (13 Jan. 2014), “Schuyler, Alida (1656–1727)”, in Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon von Nederland‎, Huygens ING, retrieved 14 Jul. 2018.
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