Christian Pure

Skylar Is Not in the Bible — and It Does Not Mean “Sky”

Christian Pure Team

·

Published

·

Updated

Summary

  • Skylar is not in the Bible, and it does not mean “sky.” It is a spelling of Skyler, from the Dutch surname Schuyler, which means scholar.
  • The surname came to America with Dutch settlers and was taken up as a given name after Philip Schuyler; it was given mostly to boys in the 1980s before it turned.
  • Scripture’s picture of a scholar is Mary of Bethany, who “sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said” (Luke 10:39) — the formal posture of a disciple.
  • What Jesus offers to teach is a character before a subject: “learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart” (Matthew 11:29).
  • To be a learner is to spend most of the time not yet understanding. That is the condition, not a failure of it.

Skylar is not in the Bible — and it has nothing to do with the sky. That second part surprises most of us. The name looks like it should mean heaven, or open air, and a great many pages will tell us so. It does not. Skylar is a spelling of Skyler, which comes from the Dutch surname Schuyler, and Schuyler means scholar. A learner. Which is, as it happens, the one thing our Lord ever asked anyone to be.…

Continue reading with a subscription

Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.

Subscribe now

Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.

Bibliography (Click to show)

Sources: Behind the Name entries for Skylar and Schuyler (Dutch surname meaning “scholar”; Philip Schuyler); Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Luke 10:39; Matthew 11:29; Psalm 19:1).

Responses

Leave a Reply

Discover more from Christian Pure

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

RedditWhatsApp
Share to...
CopyLinkedInMastodonPinterestPrintRedditSMSThreadsWhatsAppBlueskyVK