Skylor
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Skylor by the numbers
Skylor was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 64 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Skylor
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Skylor. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Skylerscholar, learned one; modern respelling of Schuyler1,459 in the US (2017)
- Sailorone who sails; occupational name281 in the US (2017)
- Shylohone sent; a form of Shiloh28 in the US (2017)
- Skylan35 in the US (2017)
- Syler28 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Skylor
Names that are said the same way as Skylor, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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