Sixten
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse sigr (“victory”) + steinn (“stone”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sixten (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sixten has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 18 |
| 1999 | 24 |
| 2000 | 34 |
| 2001 | 41 |
| 2002 | 52 |
| 2003 | 55 |
| 2004 | 95 |
| 2005 | 129 |
| 2006 | 165 |
| 2007 | 175 |
| 2008 | 258 |
| 2009 | 322 |
| 2010 | 325 |
| 2011 | 366 |
| 2012 | 427 |
| 2013 | 405 |
| 2014 | 469 |
| 2015 | 428 |
| 2016 | 355 |
| 2017 | 350 |
| 2018 | 324 |
| 2019 | 291 |
| 2020 | 287 |
| 2021 | 257 |
| 2022 | 210 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,219 |
| 2000 | 2,169 |
| 2001 | 2,126 |
| 2002 | 2,083 |
| 2003 | 2,048 |
| 2004 | 2,076 |
| 2005 | 2,117 |
| 2006 | 2,199 |
| 2007 | 2,291 |
| 2008 | 2,490 |
| 2009 | 2,756 |
| 2010 | 3,007 |
| 2011 | 3,292 |
| 2012 | 3,646 |
| 2013 | 3,986 |
| 2014 | 4,419 |
| 2015 | 4,776 |
| 2016 | 5,063 |
| 2017 | 5,367 |
| 2018 | 5,646 |
| 2019 | 5,873 |
| 2020 | 6,116 |
Sixten in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sixten.Hi! My name is Sixten.
- Sixten har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sixten has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Sixten kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sixten is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Sixtens mamma är lärare.Sixten's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sixtens mamma is Sixten's mum.
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Questions about Sixten
How do you pronounce Sixten in Swedish?
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What does the name Sixten mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse sigr (“victory”) + steinn (“stone”).
How popular is Sixten in Sweden?
210 babies were named Sixten in 2022. In 2020, 6,116 people in Sweden had Sixten as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.