Vis is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vis means "fish" and referred to a fisherman.[1] Variant forms are De Vis ("the fish"), De Visch, and Visch.

People with this surname include:

  • Caroline Vis (born 1970), Dutch tennis player
  • Fiderd Vis (born 1981), Aruban judoka
  • Jacob Vis (born 1940), Dutch novelist
  • Jan Vis (1933–2011), Dutch journalist, legal scholar, and politician
  • Judith Vis (born 1980), Dutch hurdler and heptathlete
  • Lucas Vis (born 1947), Dutch conductor and composer
  • Marja Vis (born 1977), Dutch speed skater
  • Rudi Vis (1941–2010), Dutch-born British politician and MP
  • Russell Vis (1900–1990), American wrestler
  • Willem Cornelis Vis (1924–1993), Dutch jurist and expert in international commercial transactions

De Vis

(De) Visch

References

  1. Vis at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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