Hamish
Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name, an Anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name Sheumais, itself the vocative of Seumas. The name traces its roots through English James to Middle English Iames, Old French James, Vulgar Latin Iacomus, Latin Iacobus, Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, and ultimately Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, meaning "supplanter", "to supersede", or "heel-grabber." It is thus a doublet of James.
Outside Scotland, it has gained popularity in Australia and New Zealand, where it ranks among the top 200 and 300 boys' names respectively, reflecting the influence of Scottish immigration. It is also occasionally found in Canada, South Africa, and other Commonwealth countries, though it remains less common in the United States.
People
Given name
- Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand cricketer
- Hamish Bennett (director), New Zealand filmmaker
- Hamish Blake, Australian comedian and radio presenter
- Hamish Bond, New Zealand Olympic rower
- Hamish Bowles, European editor-at-large for Vogue
- Hamish Brown, writer and mountain walker
- Hamish Carter, Olympic gold medallist triathlete from New Zealand
- Hamish Clark, Scottish actor
- Hamish Falconer, British politician and diplomat
- Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet, British Army major
- Hamish Fraser, Scottish Catholic journalist and activist
- Hamish Glencross, heavy metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride
- Hamish Harding, British businessman
- Hamish Harding (rower), Australian rower
- Hamish Henderson, Scottish singer and collector of folk music
- Hamish Imlach, Scottish folk singer
- Hamish Kerr, New Zealand athlete
- Hamish Kilgour, New Zealand musician in the band The Clean
- Hamish Linklater, American actor
- Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer and musician
- Hamish Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
- Hamish McAlpine, Scottish footballer
- Hamish MacDonald (disambiguation), several people
- Hamish McKay, New Zealand television presenter
- Hamish Milne, British pianist
- Hamish Moore, Scottish maker, musician and teacher
- Hamish Munro, Scottish biochemist
- Hamish Peacock Australian athlete
- Hamish Pepper New Zealand sailor
- Hamish Purdy, Canadian movie set decorator
- Hamish Rosser, drummer of Australian band the Vines
- Hamish Rutherford, New Zealand cricketer
- Hamish Stuart, lead singer of Average White Band
- Hamish Wallace, Scottish paediatric oncologist
- Hamish Wilson, Scottish actor
Nickname
- James Hamish Dawson, Scottish rugby union player
- Jamie Hamilton (publisher), founder of the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited
- James Hamish Kemp, Scottish rugby union player
- Thomas Hamish Mahaddie, Scottish officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
- James Hamish Stothard, Scottish middle-distance runner
Animals
- Hamish McHamish, famous "cat about town" in St Andrews, Scotland
Fictional characters
- Hamish Alexander, in the Honorverse novels by David Weber
- John H. Watson, a character in Sherlock Holmes stories; his middle name is unknown in the original stories, but is given as Hamish in many non-canon Holmes pastiches and adaptations
- Hamish and Dougal, comedy characters from Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
- Hamish Macbeth, a detective in a series of novels and television adaptation starring Robert Carlyle as the eponymous hero
- Hamish Sinclair, a Civil War veteran in the video game Red Dead Redemption II
- Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse, two former popular British football-themed comic strips
- Hamish, in the Nickelodeon TV show Mr. Meaty
- Harry and Hamish two twin diesels who work at the docks hauling in ships.
- Hamish the Hairy Haggis, the anthropomorphic title character and Wild Haggis in the children's book Hamish the Hairy Haggis by A. K. Paterson.
Named cyclones
- Cyclone Hamish, a 2009 cyclone
- Tropical Cyclone Hamish, a 1999 cyclone