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Name Xystus
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Scripts Ξυστος
Pronounced Pron. ZIE-stəs (English)
Other Forms FormsXyste (French)
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Latinized form of the Greek name Ξυστος (XYSTOS), which meant "scraped (smooth), polished" (from xyein "to scrape"). This was the birth name of the pope Saint SIXTUS I. It was also borne by a Kemetian martyr saint.
Added 2/21/2009 by LMS