Sixten

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Sixten is a male given name , which is mainly common in Sweden.

Origin and meaning

The name Sixten comes from the Nordic Sigsteinn , which is composed of the words sigr / sigher (victory) and steinn / sten (stone).

name day

Name day used to be August 6th but has been December 14th since 2001 .

variants

Sigsteinn (Old Norse)
Sigsten
Sighsten

Name bearer

Sixten Bock (1884-1946), Swedish marine zoologist
Sixten Boström (* 1963), Finnish soccer player
Sixten Ehrling (1918–2005), Swedish conductor
Sixten Jernberg (1929–2012), Swedish cross-country skier
Sixten Sason (1912–1967), Swedish product designer
Sixten Sild (* 1964), Estonian orienteer
Sixten Veit (* 1970), German soccer player

See also

Fredrik Sixten (* 1962), Swedish composer

Web links

Sixten on en.wiktionary.org (English)