{{wiktionary|Pistorius}} {{TOC right}} '''Pistorius''' is a surname. It is an occupational surname derived from the Latin word ''pistor'' (meaning miller or baker) and further Latinised by the suffix ''-ius''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/8537/1|author=Rita Heuser |title=Pistorius |work=Digital family name dictionary of Germany |date=2025-11-05 |access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref> '''Pistor''' also appears as a surname.
The name corresponds in meaning to the Dutch surname Bakker and the German surnames Becker and Pfister.
==Notable people with the surname== === Pistorius === * Ashlee Pistorius (born 1985), American soccer player * Boris Pistorius (born 1960), German politician * Calie Pistorius (born 1958), South African electrical engineer * Caren Pistorius (born 1990), New Zealand actress * Charlotte Pistorius (1777–1850), German poet * Christian Pistorius (1763/65–1823), German writer and translator * {{ill|Eduard Pistorius|de}} (1796–1862), German artist * Hermann Andreas Pistorius (1730–1798), German theologian and philosopher * Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation), several people * Martin Pistorius (born 1975), South African web designer and author * Micki Pistorius (born 1961), South African forensic psychologist and author * Oscar Pistorius (born 1986), South African double-amputee athlete and convicted murderer * Stephen Pistorius, South African-Canadian academic and medical physicist * Ursula Pistorius (1933–2015), German politician
=== Pistor === * Johann Jakob Pistor (1739–1814), German general who served in the Imperial Russian army * Ludger Pistor (born 1959), German actor * Maternus Pistor (1470–1534), Roman Catholic prelate * Nestor Pistor, stage name of Don Ast, Canadian-Romanian comedian
== See also == * H Pistorius & Co, a South African company * ''Demian'', a novel by Hermann Hesse, in which one of the characters is named Pistorius * {{intitle|Pistorius}} * Pastorius (disambiguation)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{surname|Pistorius}} {{Baker-surname}} Category:Latin-language surnames Category:Occupational surnames Category:Afrikaans-language surnames Category:Surnames of German origin