Sylar
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 41 babies a year in the US.
Sylar by the numbers
Sylar was given to 41 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 91 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Sylar
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 Sylar. 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)
- Sylasfrom the forest; a form of silas393 in the US (2017)
- Salareagle or high-flying24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Syler28 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Skylerscholar, learned one; modern respelling of Schuyler1,459 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sylar
Names that are said the same way as Sylar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Cyler20 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sylar
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