Hamish
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Hamish is a masculine given name
in English
. 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
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. It is the Anglicised form, of the vocative case, of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas
Seumas
Seumas is a masculine given name in Irish, and Scottish Gaelic. The names are the equivalent of the English James. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is pronounced "shay-mas". The vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas is Sheumais, which has given form to the Anglicised form of this name, Hamish. In...
: Sheumais. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is the equivalent to the English James
James (name)
The name James is derived from the same Hebrew name as Jacob, meaning "Supplanter" ....
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List of people with the given name
- Hamish BlakeHamish BlakeHamish Donald Blake is an Australian comedian, actor, author and bodybuilder from Melbourne, Australia. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program...
, (born 1981), Australian comedian and radio presenter - Hamish BowlesHamish BowlesHamish Bowles is the European Editor at Large for Vogue and involved in the worlds of fashion and interior design.- Background :As the European Editor at Large for Vogue, Hamish Bowles is recognized as one of the most respected authorities on the worlds of fashion and interior design. After...
, (born 1963), European Editor-at-Large for Vogue - Hamish BrownHamish BrownHamish Brown M.B.E. is a professional writer, lecturer and photographer specialising in mountain and outdoor topics. He is best known for his walking exploits in the Scottish Highlands, having completed multiple rounds of the Munros and being the first person to walk all the Munros in a single trip...
, writer, lecturer and photographer specialising in mountain and outdoor topics - Hamish CarterHamish CarterHamish Clive Carter ONZM is a New Zealand triathlete. He won the gold medal in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, his second Olympic games. Carter also competed on the International Triathlon Union World Cup circuit as a professional for many years, culminating in a silver medal in 2006 before...
, (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist - Hamish ClarkHamish ClarkHamish Clark is a Scottish actor, best known as Duncan McKay in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen. Born in 1965 in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, he attended Edinburgh University and before he became an actor, worked as a clerk in an Edinburgh insurance company. Clark moved to London in 1995 where...
, Scottish actor, famous for playing the part of Duncan McKay in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen - Major Sir Hamish ForbesHamish ForbesMajor Sir Hamish Stewart Forbes, 7th Baronet, MBE, MC KStJ was a British Army officer who served in the Welsh Guards in the Second World War, spending over 5 years in German custody as a prisoner of war. In later life, he was patron of the Lonach Highland and Friendly Society from 1984 until his...
, 7th Baronet, (1916 - 2007) British Army officer - Hamish GlencrossHamish GlencrossHamish Glencross is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. He also co-founded the short lived Blackdoom Records with the other guitarist in the band, Andrew Craighan releasing The Prophecy's debut album "Ashes"....
, (born 1978), Heavy Metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride - Hamish HamiltonHamish HamiltonHamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton . Confusingly, Jamie Hamilton was often referred to as Hamish Hamilton...
, British book publishing house and alternative name of its founder, Jamie Hamilton - Hamish ImlachHamish ImlachHamish Imlach was a folksinger. He was born in Calcutta but claimed to have been conceived in Glasgow, Scotland. Although his commercial success was limited he influenced many other artists, including most notably John Martyn and Billy Connolly. In Central and Northern Europe Imlach enjoyed a...
, (born 1940), Scottish folk singer - Hamish LinklaterHamish LinklaterHamish Linklater is an American actor. He is best known as Matthew in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine...
, American actor, known for role on The New Adventures of Old Christine - Hamish MarshallHamish MarshallHamish John Hamilton Marshall is a New Zealand cricketer. He is the identical twin brother of James Marshall. Hamish and James became the second pair of twins to play Test cricket, and are the first identical pair.Marshall, a middle-order batsman, made his Test debut against South Africa in...
, (born 1979), New Zealand Cricketer - Hamish McAlpineHamish McAlpineHamish Robert McAlpine is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the majority of his career playing for Dundee United, who he served for twenty years...
, (born 1948), Scottish footballer - Hamish McDonaldHamish McDonaldHamish McDonald is a print journalist and author of a series of polemic political commentaries on various Asia-Pacific subjects. He is currently based in Beijing as correspondent for The Age-Career:...
, Australian broadcast journalist for Al Jazeera English. - Hamish McKayHamish McKayHamish McKay is a New Zealand television presenter. He is the lead sportscaster, rugby editor and sports journalist for 3 News, presenting the sports news on the weekday 6pm bulletins. He is a sports presenter and commentator for sports coverage on TV3....
, New Zealand television presenter - Hamish MilneHamish MilneHamish Milne is a British pianist known for his advocacy of Nikolai Medtner.Milne studied at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury and then at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he now teaches, and later in Italy under Guido Agosti...
, British pianist - Hamish RosserHamish RosserHamish Rosser is the drummer of Australian garage rock band, The Vines. He graduated with a degree in Engineering from Sydney University. He worked as a chemical engineer in Sydney. He left his job so that he could play music with bands...
, drummer of Australian band, the Vines - Hamish StuartHamish StuartHamish Stuart is a guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer.- Biography :Stuart had recorded a couple of singles with his first band, the Dream Police, before he was invited to join the recently formed Average White Band in June 1972.A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to...
, (born 1949), lead singer of Average White Band - Hamish WilsonHamish WilsonHamish Wilson is a Scottish actor from Glasgow, and is best known for briefly taking over the role of Jamie McCrimmon for part of two episodes in the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Mind Robber when series regular Frazer Hines was ill and unable to attend the recording...
, a Scottish actor from Glasgow
List of fictional characters with the given name
- Hamish AlexanderHamish AlexanderAdmiral of the Green Hamish Alexander-Harrington, Thirteenth Earl of White Haven, is a fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber....
, a character in the HonorverseHonorverseThe Honorverse refers to the military science fiction book series and sub-series created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The series is set primarily after Honor Harrington's October 1, 3961, birth; although she is the protagonist in most of the stories, more recent entries make only...
novels by David WeberDavid WeberDavid Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs".... - Hamish Campbell, a friend and lieutenant of William WallaceWilliam WallaceSir William Wallace was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence....
in the 1995 film BraveheartBraveheartBraveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace...
, played by Brendan GleesonBrendan GleesonBrendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty... - Hamish MacLeod, a character in the Ian Rutledge novels by Caroline and Charles ToddCaroline and Charles ToddCharles Todd is a pen name used by the American authors Caroline and Charles Todd. This mother-and-son writing team lives in the eastern United States, in North Carolina and Delaware respectively....
- Hamish and DougalHamish and DougalHamish and Dougal are two characters from the long-running BBC Radio 4 "antidote to panel games", I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue played by Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden, who later went on to have their own Radio 4 series, You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of Hamish and Dougal.-History:One of the...
, comedy characters from Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Hamish MacbethHamish MacbethHamish Macbeth is a fictional police officer who serves as his town's detective in a series of mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton . The novels are published in the UK by Constable & Robinson. In an interview, the author recalls,...
, detective in series of novels and television adaptation starring Robert Carlyle as the eponymous hero - Hamish MacPherson, fictional character from the Baby Blues comic strip and TV series
- Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty MouseHot Shot Hamish and Mighty MouseHot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse were two popular British football-themed comic strips, which later merged together, and which appeared in various publications from the 1970s to the 1990s. Both are amongst the best remembered football characters from the "golden age" of British boys' comics. Both...
, two former popular British football-themed comic strips - In Foundation's EdgeFoundation's EdgeFoundation's Edge is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fourth book in the Foundation Series. It was written more than thirty years after the stories of the original Foundation trilogy, due to years of pressure by fans and editors on Asimov to write another, and, according to Asimov...
by Isaac AsimovIsaac AsimovIsaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...
, the Hamish are the agrarian natives of the planet Trantor after the fall of the Galactic Empi