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WDYT of Hamish???

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DottieRose · 06/07/2012 20:34

Part of me loves it yet part of me feels like its a but clunky! Weird I know!!

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Nigglenaggle · 13/07/2012 21:07

Its a very common dogs name, if that is of any import to you whatsoever!

Jackie432 · 13/07/2012 08:17

Like it!

stleger · 09/07/2012 12:07

I think we always tried to match first names with surname when we were baby naming. I don't think we paid much attention to having children's names which went together. My dd1 is 19, and has advised the current boyfriend that she will keep her surname if they marry because her name wouldn't go with his surname. Complicated task, babynaming!

diddl · 09/07/2012 11:50

I also think that they go well together.

Mechavivzilla · 09/07/2012 11:28

Fair point about the mix of names for siblings. I have a brother and a sister, together we have a common biblical name, a slightly obscure biblical name and a swedish one. No one has ever commented on this!

birdofthenorth · 09/07/2012 08:24

Love Hamish. And Eli. They aren't matchy but I have a French-origin name and my brother is Donald- never harmed us!

emmyloo2 · 09/07/2012 04:10

I love the name Hamish. Absolutely love it.

Not sure it "matches" Eli - but does that matter? I do agree with posters who have said one is Scottish and one is Hebrew and so they don't match, but I am not sure it matters much. They are not completely at odds with one another.

maybetoday · 08/07/2012 22:13

I like the name Hamish and think it goes with Eli.
It also reminds of me of one of my DS favourite jokes:
What do you call a Scottish man who's nearly home?...
Hamish :)

TitsalinaBumSquash · 08/07/2012 22:03

I love the name Hamish Smile I would have loved to use it for current DS I'm brewing but it doesn't go well with our surname. Please use it. Smile

nooka · 08/07/2012 22:00

Eli has been used in England since the reformation. I think of it as much as a Protestant (esp Methodist/chapel) name as a Jewish name although obviously it's roots are Old Testament. Hamish is derived from Seumas which is a form of James which comes from Jacob which has it's roots in the Old Testament.

I am one of four, thinking about our names, my brother's name is Greek, my big sister's name is Germanic (now considered quite archetypally English), my middle sister's name is Irish and mine is (mostly) French. I think it only looks/sounds odd if the styles are very different - ie Sebastian and Keisha or Ptolemy and Joe might be surprising in siblings.

Booette · 08/07/2012 21:53

It's a lovely name.

RillaBlythe · 08/07/2012 21:45

Don't get why it's not a real name?

Desperatelyseekingsupport · 08/07/2012 21:30

Is it naice Hamish? Wink

SLVC · 08/07/2012 21:25

I'm clearly insane too, as I love it. I really don't understand siblings names needing to go together either. I have lived the majority of my life quite happily without any of my friends or colleagues refering to me alongside the names of my brothers..

Odmedod · 08/07/2012 00:27

Obviously ignore me, because apparently I'm insane.... Hmm

Odmedod · 08/07/2012 00:27

Whilst I do genuinely like the name Hamish, I think it's an odd combination with Eli.
Very odd

Like having an Angus and a Noah or a Struan and a Saul. Confused

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DottieRose · 08/07/2012 00:17

Annanimitty you made your point once no need to keep harping on about it Wink

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AnnaNimitty · 07/07/2012 20:40

Anyone who loves the name Hamish is seriously insane.

Jakadaal · 07/07/2012 19:51

Love the name Hamish - lovely strong name Smile

wheniwasoneihadjustbegun · 07/07/2012 19:47

Lovely, and fine with Eli - I like that they are not too matchy-matchy

onedaysandy · 07/07/2012 19:27

Fabulous name.

aftereight · 07/07/2012 19:22

Love it but once had a cat called Hamish Grin

hermionestranger · 07/07/2012 19:17

Love it! Ignore nonsense about not going together.

I have two boys, one has a Hebrew name the other Greek.

Mechavivzilla · 07/07/2012 19:14

Hamish is a real name, but to gaelic speakers it actually means "come here, Seamus". So maybe if you had a Seamus and a Hamish it would be odd! Btu he is your baby, you should call him whatever you want. I think it is a lovely name.

Thatsnotmypenguin · 07/07/2012 18:54

Not massively keen TBH, maybe depends on surname?