English · Old Norse

Sky

Pronounced SKYShare

Meaning: Sky

  • Gender-neutral
  • Familiar
  • 1 syllable

The story

Sky is an English word name whose vocabulary root was borrowed from Norse ský, meaning cloud. Its modern use is English, even though the word has an older Scandinavian history.

Spellings & variants

Popularity

Familiar

In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.

Lower in the latest US rankings

Style

Origins

Sky comes from English and Old Norse.

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