Sixto as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sixto

What is the meaning of the name Sixto ?

The baby name Sixto is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈsɪkstoʊ/ (SIX-toh); Spanish: /ˈsiksto/ (SEEK-sto).

Sixto is Latin in Origin.

Sixto is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the ecclesiastical name Sixtus, itself long conflated with Latin Sextus "sixth" and the Greek Xystos "polished, well-prepared." Because of this overlap, Sixto can be read either as "sixth-born" or "polished/refined".

The name entered wide Christian use through early popes and saints, such as Pope Sixtus I (2nd century), the martyr Sixtus II (3rd century), Sixtus III, and Renaissance Pope Sixtus IV, whose patronage gave us the Sistine Chapel (Italian Sisto). It persists in Iberia and Latin America as a traditional, rare but recognizable choice. Traditionally, it could mark a sixth-born son, though today it's favored for its saintly and Renaissance flair. Forms and cognates include Latin Sixtus, Italian Sisto, Portuguese Xisto and Sixto, French Sixte, and German Sixt and Sixtus. The Spanish feminine counterpart is Sixta.