Given name & surname · also Late Latin
Pastor
“shepherd”·“man of the church”
Pastor is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “shepherd” (Late Latin) and “man of the church” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “shepherd” (Late Latin) and “man of the church” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1929. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pastor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 146
- 146 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,768 as a first name in 2020; 7,588 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pastor’s family of names
Pastor has a feminine form in Pastora. Pastor has a related form in Pastar. Pastor has a related form in Paster.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pastor
- Pastor MaldonadoVenezuelan racing driverborn 1985
- Pastor Vegafilm director, screenwriter (1940-2005)
- Pastor Micha Ondó BileEquatoguinean diplomatborn 1952
- Pastor FernándezCosta Rican footballerborn 1963
- Pastor ObligadoArgentine politician1818–1870
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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