Which name for a girl?

zoebrooks101 · October 2014

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FemShep · October 2014

You forgot the "none of the above" option.

Amstreagle · October 2014

Schuler reminds me of Bueller.

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jennypolkadots · October 2014

Do you live in the US? I can't imagine Schuyler ever being pronounced as Skyler. I am pretty into names and would have pronounced it Shoo-ler the first go around. But this may be a regional thing?

We have Faye on our list for a girl, it's a family name. I think it's really sweet and has a certain retro vibe that is coming back in style. I prefer it spelled with the y though, it seems more substantial than Fae. I voted Fae.

capulet · October 2014

jennypolkadots said:

Do you live in the US? I can't imagine Schuyler ever being pronounced as Skyler. I am pretty into names and would have pronounced it Shoo-ler the first go around. But this may be a regional thing?

In upstate New York, which was first colonized by the Dutch, it's the name of a county and a city and is pronounced Skyler. The Schuyler family was prominent in early NY politics so I'm sure there are other things named Schuyler too. I guess there's no reason you would know that if you're not from there (or, um, didn't marry an upstate New Yorker) or super geeky about American history.

I prefer Fae to Schuyler because I find Schuyler 100% masculine and not particularly attractive on a girl. But I have never seen it spelled other than Faye and would recommend that spelling unless you have a reason like family significance to use Faye.

Whitfry · October 2014

We had a Schuyler hall where I went to school and always pronounced it shoo-ler. Didn't know that wasn't correct until now. Nms, since it's very masculine and I think it would be mispronounced quite a lot.

I like Fae, prefer Phaedra/Faydra with the nn, though.

JaneShops · November 2014

Nms, but voted regardless

BookitBoo · November 2014

I prefer Faye (this spelling).

And I would assume that most people, especially those who aren't familiar with Dutch, would attempt to pronounce Schuyler phonetically. Not because American's forget there are other countries or languages out there, but because that's what they are familiar with.