Sixtus

Latin from Greek

"sixth born"

Famous People Named Sixtus

• 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

The name 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)