Given name & surname · also Polish

Mis

“bear”

Mis is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Yucatec Maya.

Original PolishMiś

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mis goes back to a word meaning “bear.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Mis comes from Polish, and ultimately from Yucatec Maya.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Mis as a surname is an affectionate form of Michał. In English usage, Mis as a surname is an affectionate form of Miś.

Mis’s family of names

In English usage, Mis as a surname is an affectionate form of Michał. In English usage, Mis as a surname was borrowed from the Polish form Miś. In English usage, Mis as a surname is an affectionate form of Miś.

Walk Mis’s family in the name graph

MisΜιςMichałMiśMiš

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Mis has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.

EnglishPolish

Polishwhere Mis comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Middle English

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Slovak

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