Hamish Forename
35,899th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 21,432 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand
Hamish Forename Definition:
A male name. this is an attempt to render phonetically Seumuis, the vocative of Seumas, the Gaelic form of James (q.v.). Scott has a Hamish MacTavish, but the present vogue of the name seems to be due to the novels of William Black (1841-98), which were very popular in their day, in several of which he makes use of the name Hamish.
Read More About This ForenameHamish Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | - | 6,232 | 1:728 | 171 |
| Australia | - | 5,285 | 1:2,584 | 445 |
| England | 100% | 3,325 | 1:16,723 | 1,121 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,370 | 1:2,258 | 313 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 608 | 1:319,667 | 8,924 |
| South Africa | 100% | 594 | 1:91,806 | 7,689 |
| Canada | 98% | 592 | 1:55,969 | 3,550 |
| United States | 100% | 497 | 1:729,451 | 17,013 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Afghanistan | 84% | 245 | 1:133,157 | 4,069 |
| India | 88% | 155 | 1:7,837,922 | 256,521 |
| Thailand | 100% | 135 | 1:519,006 | 24,315 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Wales | 100% | 84 | 1:36,837 | 1,500 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 84 | 1:183,617 | 11,294 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 63 | 1:113,524 | 8,663 |
| France | 100% | 58 | 1:1,146,040 | 8,482 |
| Japan | - | 48 | 1:2,666,376 | 21,939 |
| Germany | 100% | 38 | 1:2,544,155 | 13,368 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Malaysia | 86% | 33 | 1:922,725 | 33,409 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 28 | 1:603,646 | 13,451 |
| Singapore | - | 27 | 1:232,854 | 8,839 |
| Ireland | 100% | 26 | 1:178,597 | 3,607 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Hong Kong | - | 23 | 1:337,075 | 3,808 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 23 | 1:59,192 | 4,998 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 20 | 1:349,520 | 6,601 |
| Sweden | 100% | 20 | 1:492,895 | 12,671 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Brazil | 100% | 15 | 1:14,282,410 | 156,374 |
| China | - | 14 | 1:97,575,413 | 64,568 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| Philippines | 100% | 12 | 1:8,834,123 | 129,598 |
| Saint Lucia | 88% | 10 | 1:17,782 | 1,938 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9 | 1:912,611 | 11,192 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Indonesia | - | 8 | 1:32,245,458 | 686,574 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 8 | 1:1,019,039 | 71,574 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Uganda | 100% | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Italy | 100% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Spain | - | 4 | 1:11,632,491 | 19,317 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Hamish (3,594) may also be a surname.
Hamish Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. this is an attempt to render phonetically Seumuis, the vocative of Seumas, the Gaelic form of James (q.v.). Scott has a Hamish MacTavish, but the present vogue of the name seems to be due to the novels of William Black (1841-98), which were very popular in their day, in several of which he makes use of the name Hamish.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This is the Gaelic form of James. The two men who, in literary London, bear this name are not at all good advertisements of its literal meaning, ‘supplanter.’
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Hamish Forename Popularity
Hamish Demographics
Average Male Hamish Height
177.73 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 253 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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