Muis

Muis, Muijs, or Muys is a Dutch surname. It is either a patronymic, from a short form of the given name Bartholomeus, or can be metaphoric or descriptive, referring to a mouse (modern Dutch muis). The Sumatran and French  surnames have different origins. People with this name include:


 * Abdul Muis (1886–1959), Indonesian writer, journalist and nationalist
 * Albert Muis (1914–1988), Dutch painter
 * (born 1976), Dutch actor and presenter
 * Cornelis Muys (1500–1572), Dutch Catholic priest and New Latin poet known as Cornelis Musius
 * Jan Muijs (1898–1968), Dutch Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Krista R. Muis, Canadian academic psychologist
 * Marianne Muis (born 1968), Dutch swimmer, twin sister of Mildred
 * Mildred Muis (born 1968), Dutch swimmer, twin sister of Marianne