What names are similar to Skylar?
If you like Skylar, consider Samar, Sahar and Briar. Like Skylar, their spellings end in -ar.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Skylar.
Samar Arabic · evening conversation
Sahar Arabic · dawn, the hour before sunrise
Briar English · thorny patch
Cedar English · from the cedar tree
The same roots
Also Dutch names, from the tradition Skylar comes from.
Skyler Dutch · scholar
Brooklynn Dutch · modern elaboration of Brooklyn, from "Breukelen" (broken land or marshland)
Holland Dutch · from the place name Holland or the related surname
Harlem Dutch · NYC neighborhood, named after Haarlem, Netherlands
The same feel
Also modern, nature and surname style names.
Hailey English · "hay meadow," from the surname Hayley and the English villages behind it; barely used as a first name before the 1960s, then a chart-climber with a dozen spellings, of which Hailey leads in the US. Fresh-air sound, minimal baggage
Hadley English · place name/surname, "heather field"
Oakley English · from a surname and place names meaning "oak clearing" in Old English; famously borne by sharpshooter Annie Oakley
Devyn Irish · variant of Devin; believed to mean poet or fawn
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Skylar, on a similar curve.
Ambar Spanish · in its Spanish route, Ámbar is a cognate of Amber, the fossil-resin gemstone; the word ultimately came through Arabic
Kylar English · modern coinage, phonetic variant of Kyle/Skylar
Summer English · the season itself, from the Old English sumor; taken up as a name in the 1970s nature wave beside Autumn and Dawn, and warmed back up in the 2000s. Sunny by definition, casual by nature
Sailor English · English word name, occupational: 'one who sails'
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