Vis is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vis means "fish" and referred to a fisherman.Vis at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. 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 (born 1940), Dutch novelist Jan Vis (1933–2011), Dutch journalist, legal scholar, and politician Judith Vis (born 1980), Dutch hurdler and heptathlete (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 Charles Walter De Vis (1829–1915), English zoologist and botanist active in Australia (De) Visch Charles de Visch (1596–1666), Flemish abbot and bibliographer (born 1950), Dutch sculptor Matthias de Visch (1701–1765), Flemish historical and portrait painter Soraya de Visch Eijbergen (born 1993), Dutch badminton player
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