Last name: SIX

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SIX : This last name is indexed 288,214 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

SIX : 1: German: variant of Sixt and in North America (also) an altered form of this.2: Flemish and Dutch: patronymic from Sicke a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name containing the element sigi ‘victory’. It is also found in France (mainly Nord).3: French: nickname from Old French six ‘six’ denoting the sixth child of a family or perhaps a lucky person who often throws a six in dice games.

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