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A Hebrew heel-related root, through the James/Jacob name family; the interpretation varies.
Hamish is linked to James, whose name history runs to Jacob and a Hebrew heel-related verb with several interpretations. This review does not turn the traditional supplanter gloss into a single settled translation.
English spelling of a Scottish Gaelic James form, with earlier Hebrew ancestry.
Hamish represents Scottish Gaelic Sheumais, the vocative form of Seumas, linked to James. The account distinguishes the immediate Scottish Gaelic form from its older name-family history.
/ˈheɪmɪʃ/
Recorded English personal-name reading, approximately HAY-mish, with stress on the first syllable.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 6 · preliminary | 2789 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 80 | 484 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2023 | Boys | 3 | 395 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Boys | 74 | 62 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2019 | Boys | 9 | 402 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 14 | 6143 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The English entry records mostly Scottish use of this given name. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Hamish entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hamish&oldid=87963059. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Hamish is linked to James, whose name history runs to Jacob and a Hebrew heel-related verb with several interpretations. This review does not turn the traditional supplanter gloss into a single settled translation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Hamish, James, Jacob entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hamish&oldid=87963059; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=James&oldid=93542483; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jacob&oldid=93542293. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Hamish represents Scottish Gaelic Sheumais, the vocative form of Seumas, linked to James. The account distinguishes the immediate Scottish Gaelic form from its older name-family history. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Hamish, James entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hamish&oldid=87963059; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=James&oldid=93542483. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Recorded English personal-name reading, approximately HAY-mish, with stress on the first syllable. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Hamish entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hamish&oldid=87963059. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact name etymology explicitly links Hamish with James. Each spelling retains its own pronunciation and popularity record. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Hamish entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hamish&oldid=87963059. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact name etymology explicitly links Hamish with Seumas. Each spelling retains its own pronunciation and popularity record. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Hamish entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hamish&oldid=87963059. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Two syllables in the documented English reading. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Hamish entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hamish&oldid=87963059. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
