Hamish

Hamish
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	English, Scots
Origin
Word/name	Seumas (voc. Sheumais )
Other names
See also	James, Jacob, Jake, Jack

Last updated September 23, 2025

Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name Seamus or Sheumais.^[1] It is therefore, the equivalent of James.

People

Given name

Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand cricketer
Hamish Bennett (director), New Zealand filmmaker
Hamish Blake (born 1981), Australian comedian and radio presenter
Hamish Bond (born 1986), New Zealand Olympic rower
Hamish Bowles (born 1963), European editor-at-large for Vogue
Hamish Brown, writer and mountain walker
Hamish Carter (born 1971), Olympic gold medallist triathlete from New Zealand
Hamish Clark (born 1965), Scottish actor
Hamish Falconer (born 1985), British politician and diplomat
Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916–2007), British Army major
Hamish Fraser, Scottish Catholic journalist and activist
Hamish Glencross (born 1978), heavy metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride
Hamish Harding (1964–2023), British businessman
Hamish Harding (rower) (born 1999), Australian rower
Hamish Henderson (1919–2002), Scottish singer and collector of folk music
Hamish Imlach (1940-1996), Scottish folk singer
Hamish Kerr, New Zealand athlete
Hamish Kilgour, New Zealand musician in the band The Clean
Hamish Linklater, American actor
Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916), Scottish composer and musician
Hamish Marshall (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
Hamish McAlpine (born 1948), 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 (1915–1994), 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 (born 1989), New Zealand cricketer
Hamish Stuart (born 1949), lead singer of Average White Band
Hamish Wallace (born 1956), Scottish paediatric oncologist
Hamish Wilson, Scottish actor

Nickname

James Hamish Dawson (1925–2007), Scottish rugby union player
Jamie Hamilton (publisher) (1900–1988), founder of the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited
James Hamish Kemp (1933–2002), Scottish rugby union player
Thomas Hamish Mahaddie (1911–1997), Scottish officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
James Hamish Stothard (1913–1997), 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.

Named cyclones

Cyclone Hamish, a 2009 cyclone
Tropical Cyclone Hamish, a 1999 cyclone

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

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