Hamish - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Hamish [ 2 syll. ha-mis(h), ham-i-sh ] is pronounced as HHAEMIHSH ^KEY. Hamish is used predominantly in the Scottish language and its origin is also Scottish. The name is Anglicized from Sheumais, which is a variant of Seumas, the Scottish version of James. The name was adopted by English speakers in the mid 19th century. It has strong Scottish associations, but is today generally used in English speaking countries.

See also the related forms, James (English) and Seumas (Scottish).

Hamish is an unusual baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. In 2007, within the family of boy names directly linked to Hamish, James (English) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Hamish include Henning (German), Hannes (German), Hans (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Heinz (German), and Henk (Dutch).

^KEY: English pronunciation for Hamish: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)"

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