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By Sophie Kihm · Jul 2026

Sixtus

OriginLatin from Greek
Meaning"sixth born"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#17935

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Famous Sixtuss

  • Sixtus I

    V, popes

  • Saint Sixtus of Reims

    first bishop of Reims, France

  • Sixtus of Tannberg

    Bishop of Gurk and Prince,Bishop of Freising, Austria

  • Sixtus of Siena

    Italian theologian

  • Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie

    58th U.S. Secretary of State

Sixtus in pop culture

  • Originally written Xystus

    this is ultimately from the Greek xyst, "scraped" (and since it belonged to the sixth pope, was later confused with Sextus)

Sixtus in blog posts

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