Look up -ista in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

-ista is a suffix that denotes a specialist or performer of a certain topic, or an advocate of a belief. It is a regular suffix in Romance languages. It is infrequently used in English, which typically uses the suffix -ist for this purpose.

• Baptista (disambiguation), a name
• Barista, a person who serves coffee
• Calista (disambiguation), a place or name
• Callista (disambiguation), a genus of molluscs or a place or name
• Corbynista, a supporter of Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn
• Evangelista (disambiguation), a name of many notable people
• Fashionista (disambiguation), related to fashion
• Protista, a biological kingdom name for diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms
• Sandinista, related to a Nicaraguan political party
• Stylista, an American fashion-themed reality-television competition
• Zapatista (disambiguation), a follower of Emiliano Zapata or his ideas