Hamish
[ˈheɪmɪʃ]Meaning
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Sheumais, the vocative of Seumas, the Gaelic James.
Background Story
Hamish is an English and Scottish masculine given name, an Anglicized form of the vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic name Sheumais, itself the vocative of Seumas, the Gaelic equivalent of James. It traces through English James back to Hebrew Yaʿaqov, meaning "supplanter", and is a doublet of James. Outside Scotland it is used in Australia and New Zealand, where it ranks among the top 200 and 300 boys' names respectively, and is occasionally found in Canada, South Africa and other Commonwealth countries.
Temperament
Variations
Hameesh, Hamishh
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