Given name · also Spanish

Xisto

Xisto is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Portuguese and Basque.

Original SpanishSixto

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Xisto comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Basque usage, Xisto developed from Sextus.

Xisto’s family of names

In Basque usage, Xisto developed from the Latin form Sextus. In Basque usage, Xisto was borrowed from the Spanish form Sixto.

Walk Xisto’s family in the name graph

XistoSixtoSixtusSextus

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Xisto’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Xisto