Sixtus
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sixtus is a given name, most frequently recorded in Nigeria. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Sjaelland [Zealand].
- NGNigeria1 in 69K◐
- ZASouth Africa1 in 114K
- DEGermany1 in 501K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Sjaelland [Zealand]
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | 1,055 | 32% |
| US United States | 413 | 13% |
| ZA South Africa | 298 | 9% |
| DE Germany | 242 | 7% |
| NL Netherlands | 231 | 7% |
≈2,239 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English1.2K36%
- Swahili79024%
- German36511%
- Indonesian1324%
- Dutch1254%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1,175 | 36% |
| Swahili | 790 | 24% |
| German | 365 | 11% |
| Indonesian | 132 | 4% |
| Dutch | 125 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Sixtus is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, island, Denmark
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, pope
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, from Latin Sixtus, probably 'the sixth'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, papal name; martyr 258
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Sixtus Ib. 42IT7th Pope of the Catholic Church
- Sixtus IIb. 215GRBishop of Rome from 257 to 258
- Sixtus IIIb. 390ITPope and bishop of Rome from 432 to 440
- Sixtus IVb. 1414ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1471 to 1484 (1414-1484)
- Sixtus of Tannbergb. 1500DEGerman Prince-Bishop of Freising
- Sixt Birckb. 1501DEnot in their usual name16th-century German humanist
- Sixtus Vb. 1520ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590
- Prince Sixtus of Parmab. 1886BEParmese Royal (1886–1934)
- Edmund Muskieb. 1914USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1914–1996)
- Prince Sixtus Enrique of Parmab. 1940ESParmese Royal
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 22 sources across 16 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 32 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Sixtus?
- Our records include 2,239 bearers of Sixtus across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Sixtus have the most bearers?
- Sixtus is most frequently recorded in Nigeria.
- Is Sixtus a male or female name?
- Sixtus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Sixtus mean?
- Recorded meaning: Sjaelland [Zealand]
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sixtus”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.