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What does Hamish mean?
Hamish 
as a boys' name is of Scottish and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Hamish is "he who supplants". Anglicized spelling of the vocative case Sheumais, the Gaelic form of James. Also form of Jacob.
SEE ALSO Ferris
STARTS WITH Ham-
Variations
OTHER FORMS VIA JAMES Jamie▼, Jamison▲
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Hamish Stephon (H.S.), ..
How popular is Hamish?
Hamish is a rare first name for men and a unique last name too for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Hamish reached its top rank of #51 in Australia in 2003, and is currently at #95. (TOP 100 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
James (#4 VIA LATEST LIST), Jacob (#13), Jamison (#447), Jamie (#722) and Ferris are the popular varying forms of Hamish. Usage of these relations of Hamish was common 8 decades ago (MEDIAN #1074) and is now significantly lower (#864, DOWN 72.9%), with forms like James going out of style. Jamison is the most contemporarily stylish birth name in this compilation.
Similar Names
Hamish is pronounced similarly to Himesh. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Cash▲, Faivish, Farrish, Fish, Gadish, Ganesh, Habib, Hadi, Hafiz, Hai, Haily (see Haley), Hairo, Hakim, Haleigh, Hali, Halim, Hallsy, Halsy, Ham, Hamahl, Hamal, Hamar, Hamdi, Hamel, Hamell, Hamid, Hamil, Hamill, Hamlen, Hamlet, Hamlin, Hamlyn, Hammad, Hammar, Hammer, Hammet, Hammill, Hammur (see Hammer), Hamnet, Hampus, Hamud, Hamza▲, Hani, Haniel, Hanif, Hanns, Hanoch, Hans▼, Hansl, Hanss, Hari, Harish, Harris, Harriss, Havier, Haviv, Hawes, Haws, Hayes▲, Hayim, Hays, Hazin, Hersh, Hirsh, Humph (see Humphrey), Hymie, Jabesh, Mahesh, Marsh, Nash▲, Parish, Parrish, Tavish and Walsh. These names tend to be more commonly used than Hamish.
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