Throughout the world, Sixtus (Sixtus 
, Сикст 
) is quite a rare masculine forename. The first name Sixtus is habitual in Tanzania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Qatar, and Cameroon, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa. Likewise, Sixtus is the last name as well as the forename.
Sixtus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sixtus Beckmesser , the operatic character in the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner.
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sixtus pp. i romanus 7th Pope of the Catholic Church, IT (b. 42) |
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sixtus of esztergom (b. 1220) |
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sixtus pp. iv Pope of the Catholic Church, 1471–1484, IT (b. 1414) |
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sixtus tucher DE (b. 1459) |
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sixtus von tannberg German Prince-Bishop of Freising, DE (b. 1500) |
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sixtus riessinger German typographer and catholic priest, DE (b. 1500) |
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sixtus pp. v pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590, IT (b. 1520) |
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| sixtus caesar (b. 1522) |
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| sixtus tucher (b. 1528) |
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| sixtus arcerius NL (b. 1570) |
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| sixtus schwanenberger 1628-1685; Kaufmann und Ratsherr in Frankfurt/Oder (b. 1628) |
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| sixtus kambli (b. 1706) |
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| sixtus bachmann German organist, composer, DE (b. 1754) |
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sixtus armin thon German painter and lithographer (1817-1901), DE (b. 1817) |
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| sixtus heinrich jarwart (b. 1813) |
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