Hamish
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Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name Seamus or Sheumais.{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=118 }} 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{{ndash}}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{{ndash}}2007), Scottish rugby union player
- Jamie Hamilton (publisher) (1900{{ndash}}1988), founder of the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited
- James Hamish Kemp (1933{{ndash}}2002), Scottish rugby union player
- Thomas Hamish Mahaddie (1911{{ndash}}1997), Scottish officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
- James Hamish Stothard (1913{{ndash}}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