Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name Seamus or Sheumais.^[1] 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 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
• 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