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Hamish or Angus?

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Cami12 · 15/08/2016 05:00

Which name do you prefer, Hamish or Angus? x

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SanityClause · 15/08/2016 22:52

Hamish, I think. But I love them both.

minipie · 15/08/2016 22:48

Angus. Unless I could persuade you to Fergus Smile

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DefinitelyMaybeBaby · 15/08/2016 20:25

My son is a Hamish and my grandad is an Angus!
Hamish was my husband's choice but I've come to love it and can't imagine him as anything else now, we've had loads of good feedback. Lots of people comment on how much they love it. I've never had negative feedback (to my face!). And he gets "Mishy" for short, although it's not often shortened at all.

MissPronounced · 15/08/2016 18:45

Hamish, definitely, though Angus is also nice.

Loyly · 15/08/2016 18:31

Angus

0pti0na1 · 15/08/2016 15:22

Hamish

MrsGsnow18 · 15/08/2016 10:32

I like both, also love Magnus.
Prob prefer Hamish, it's extra lovely in my opinion.

seven201 · 15/08/2016 10:06

Oh sorry I didn't mean you had to be Scottish. I just wondered was being nosey as they both were Scottish names. My daughter has a Scottish name and we're not Scottish!

Sophronia · 15/08/2016 09:54

Angus, but both are nice.

LunaLoveg00d · 15/08/2016 08:25

I know boys called both names - we're in Scotland. I wouldn't make the "beef" connection unless your surname was Aberdeen. Either name would be great.

YouMakeMyDreams · 15/08/2016 07:43

In Scotland Hamish often get things like Hammy.
I've always liked Angus though. Exh didn't like it though.

Schmoochypoos · 15/08/2016 07:36

Hamish - love it

KoalaDownUnder · 15/08/2016 07:33

(Don't like Gus/Gussy, I mean - Angus is great)

KoalaDownUnder · 15/08/2016 07:32

My friend has a 5-year-old Angus who has become Gus or Gussy. I don't like it, tbh.

The Hamishes I know are nicknamed Haim.

passingthrough1 · 15/08/2016 07:30

An Angus I guess would become a Gus.. Are there any nicknames for Hamish? I think I prefer Hamish.

KoalaDownUnder · 15/08/2016 05:45

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/2692975-Angus-or-Hamish

Hope this works - am crap at links!

KoalaDownUnder · 15/08/2016 05:43

Oh - the result was a pretty even split, if I remember correctly!

Angus perhaps slightly edged it, but there was a lot of love for both.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 15/08/2016 05:38

Angus

TheDowagerCuntess · 15/08/2016 05:35

We're not Scottish either - well, if you go back several generations, you'd find ancestors who were.

Clearly you don't need to be Scottish to use the names!

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Cami12 · 15/08/2016 05:35

Thanks koala!

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ChorusLine69 · 15/08/2016 05:34

Hamish gets my vote - love this name

TheDowagerCuntess · 15/08/2016 05:34

😲 One of those is my brother's name and the other is my grandfather's. My DB often got called by GF's name, even by people who'd never met our GF (we hadn't either - he died before we were born).

They're both great names.

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Cami12 · 15/08/2016 05:32

Koaladownunder - just searched for it and nothing similar came up? What was the result??Smile

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KoalaDownUnder · 15/08/2016 05:31

Fwiw, I don't really think of Angus cows at all.

I think both names are lovely and stand alone very well, across cultures.