Vis (surname) explained

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
• (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

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=vis&gba_naam=Vis&nfd_naam=Vis&operator=eq&taal= Vis