Hamish

Hamish is a masculine given name in English and occasionally a nickname. It is the Anglicised form of the vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas: Sheumais. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is the equivalent to the English James.

Given name

• Hamish Blake (born 1981), Australian comedian and radio presenter
• Hamish Bond (born 1986), Olympic gold medalist rower from New Zealand
• Hamish Bowles (born 1963), European Editor-at-Large for Vogue
• Hamish Brown, writer, lecturer and photographer specialising in mountain and outdoor topics
• Hamish Carter (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist triathlete from New Zealand
• Hamish Clark, Scottish actor, famous for playing the part of Duncan McKay in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen

• Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916–2007), British Army major
• Hamish Glencross (born 1978), heavy metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride
• Hamish Imlach (born 1940), Scottish folk singer
• Hamish Kilgour, New Zealand musician in the band The Clean
• Hamish Linklater, American actor, known for his role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916), Scottish composer, conductor and music teacher
• Hamish Marshall (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
• Hamish McAlpine (born 1948), Scottish footballer
• Hamish McDonald, Australian broadcast journalist for Al Jazeera English
• Hamish McKay, New Zealand television presenter
• Hamish Milne, British pianist
• Hamish Moore, Scottish maker, musician and teacher
• Hamish Peacock Australian athlete
• Hamish Pepper New Zealand sailor
• Hamish Purdy, Canadian art director and 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 Wilson, a Scottish actor from Glasgow

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

• Hamish McHamish, famous "cat about town" in St Andrews, Scotland

• Hamish the polar bear: a polar bear cub born at Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park in December 2017 - notable as the first polar bear cub bred in captivity in the UK for 25 years, and named by public vote.

• Hamish El Doggo: a dog famous in the Portobello area of Edinburgh, named after Scottish musicologist, poet, academic and communist Hamish Henderson and known for his friendliness and fluffiness.

• Hamish Alexander, in the Honorverse novels by David Weber
• Commander Hamish Bond, from the Anno Dracula series.
• 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 series of novels and television adaptation starring Robert Carlyle as the eponymous hero
• Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse, two former popular British football-themed comic strips
• Hamish, in the Nickelodeon TV show Mr. Meaty
• Hamish "Hammie" MacPherson, a character in the comic strip Baby Blues
• Hamish Crassus, in the American sitcom Another Period
• Hamish Bigmore, a character in the Mr Majeika series of children's books and TV shows
• Hamish, a character in the 2014 movie Leprechaun: Origins.