Around the globe, Pretorius (Pretorius 
, Преторіус 
, Преториус 
) is a rare primarily boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The given name Pretorius is habitual in South Africa, where it is a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely girly name, and China, where it is an extremely rare male name. Much more frequently, Pretorius is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Pretorius | Namibia, Australia, United States, Zambia, South Africa |
| Преторіус | Ukraine |
| Преториус | Russia |
| פרטוריוס | Israel |
Praetorius, Preetorius, Pretorıus, and Prætorius
Pretorius is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| wessel pretorius Low German minister in reformed church (b. 1614) |
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| hattingh pretorius South African army general, ZA (b. 1942) |
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| wessel pretorius South African poet, ZA (b. 1949) |
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| dewald pretorius South African cricketer, ZA (b. 1977) |
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| zacharias a. pretorius botanist |
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| vanetta pretorius Peerage person ID=581915 |
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| zacharias pretorius researcher |
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| mias pretorius anesthesiologist |
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| ronel pretorius researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-1730-7589 |
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| dewald pretorius South African rugby union footballer, ZA (b. 1986) |
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| spanner pretorius South African rugby union footballer, ZA (b. 1987) |
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| ullrich pretorius South african rugby union player, ZA (b. 1988) |
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| zacharias andries pretorius |
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| conway pretorius South African rugby union footballer, ZA (b. 1992) |
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| bader pretorius South African rugby union footballer, ZA (b. 1997) |
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