Sextus - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. sex-tus, se-xt-us ] The boy name Sextus is pronounced SEHKSTahS ^KEY. Sextus has its origins in the Latin language and it is used largely in English. Sextus has the meaning 'sixth-born'. Derived literally from the element sextus with the meaning 'sixth'. Sextus (Latin) is an old form of the name. The name was in the medieval period sometimes given to the sixth-borh child. It was revived in Victorian England for the same naming convention. The form Sixtus was borne by three early popes.

Variant forms of Sextus include Sesto (Italian), Sisto (Italian), and Sixtus (English and German).

Sextus is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Sextus include Stacey (English), Stacy (English), Stasik (Russian), Stasya (Russian), Staas (Frisian), Stas (Russian), and Stig (Scandinavian).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Sextus: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"

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