# Pistorius

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'''Pistorius''' is a surname. It is an [occupational surname](/source/occupational_surname) derived from the Latin word ''pistor'' (meaning [miller](/source/miller) or [baker](/source/baker)) and further [Latinised](/source/Latinisation_of_names) 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](/source/Bakker) and the German surnames [Becker](/source/Becker_(disambiguation)) and [Pfister](/source/Pfister_(surname)).

==Notable people with the surname==
=== Pistorius ===
* [Ashlee Pistorius](/source/Ashlee_Pistorius) (born 1985), American soccer player
* [Boris Pistorius](/source/Boris_Pistorius) (born 1960), German politician
* [Calie Pistorius](/source/Calie_Pistorius) (born 1958), South African electrical engineer
* [Caren Pistorius](/source/Caren_Pistorius) (born 1990), New Zealand actress
* [Charlotte Pistorius](/source/Charlotte_Pistorius) (1777–1850), German poet
* [Christian Pistorius](/source/Christian_Pistorius) (1763/65–1823), German writer and translator
* {{ill|Eduard Pistorius|de}} (1796–1862), German artist
* [Hermann Andreas Pistorius](/source/Hermann_Andreas_Pistorius) (1730–1798), German theologian and philosopher
* [Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation)](/source/Johannes_Pistorius_(disambiguation)), several people
* [Martin Pistorius](/source/Martin_Pistorius) (born 1975), South African web designer and author
* [Micki Pistorius](/source/Micki_Pistorius) (born 1961), South African forensic psychologist and author
* [Oscar Pistorius](/source/Oscar_Pistorius) (born 1986), South African double-amputee athlete and convicted murderer
* [Stephen Pistorius](/source/Stephen_Pistorius), South African-Canadian academic and medical physicist
* [Ursula Pistorius](/source/Ursula_Pistorius) (1933–2015), German politician

=== Pistor ===
* [Johann Jakob Pistor](/source/Johann_Jakob_Pistor) (1739–1814), German general who served in the Imperial Russian army
* [Ludger Pistor](/source/Ludger_Pistor) (born 1959), German actor
* [Maternus Pistor](/source/Maternus_Pistor) (1470–1534), Roman Catholic prelate
* [Nestor Pistor](/source/Nestor_Pistor), stage name of Don Ast, Canadian-Romanian comedian

== See also ==
* [H Pistorius & Co](/source/H_Pistorius_%26_Co), a South African company
* ''[Demian](/source/Demian)'', a novel by [Hermann Hesse](/source/Hermann_Hesse), in which one of the characters is named Pistorius
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* [Pastorius (disambiguation)](/source/Pastorius_(disambiguation))

==References==
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Category:Latin-language surnames
Category:Occupational surnames
Category:Afrikaans-language surnames
Category:Surnames of German origin

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