Hamish

Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name Seamus or Sheumais. It is therefore, the equivalent of James.

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 Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916–2007), British Army major
 * 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 Kilgour, New Zealand musician in the band The Clean
 * Hamish Linklater, American actor
 * Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916), 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 Wilson, Scottish actor

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

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

Named cyclones

 * Cyclone Hamish, a 2009 cyclone
 * Tropical Cyclone Hamish, a 1999 cyclone