Polish (Mis): from a pet form of the personal name
Michal (see Michael).Polish
(Mis): perhaps also a nickname from mis ‘bear’.Slovenian (Miš): nickname from the vocabulary word
miš ‘mouse’.Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal
name Amijs, a derivative of Latin amicus ‘friend’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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