noun
Hamish
HAY-mihsh
noun
1
A Scottish male given name, an anglicized version of the Gaelic name Seumas.
"Hamish grew up on a farm just outside Inverness."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA Scottish first name, roughly equivalent to James.
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Etymology
An anglicized spelling of Scottish Gaelic Sheumais, a form of Seumas — itself the Gaelic equivalent of James.