Boy · Old Norse
Sixten
Say it: SIKS-ten
Meaning
From Old Norse Sigsteinn: sigr 'victory' and steinn 'stone'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Swedish name with medieval roots that has come back into fashion in Sweden in recent years.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 2014
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 383,600 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Sigsteinn |
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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