thoughts on Hamish?

[dabchick88]

How do people feel about Hamish? Any obvious nn?

I really like it. For some unknown reason it's fairly common here in Australia. 'Hame' is the usual nn, but I don't think it really needs one.

I like it.

It's ok. I've heard Hamie / Hamey as a nn.

I love it. We are considering for (as yet not conceived) DC2 if it's a boy.

It's the Scottish version of James FYI.

Oh and I wouldn't shorten it. But then we don't shorten DS's name which has many common shortenings.

If I'm being honest, I think it sounds foreign (obviously not a bad thing and probably just me!)

It's just, my friend used to talk about a 'Hamish' and when I met him, you couldn't really get anymore 'English' - it's an okay name, certainly not dreadful... She only ever referred to him with the full name

Love it. Also love Seumas.

Excellent name. It was on my list.

I'm in Scotland so it sounds fine to me!

Super name. I have a very good friend called Hamish, everyone calls him H (which was amusing though the Steps years...)

I know a Hamish that tends to get Mish as a nn, he's in his 20s

I have a Hamish so I think it's ace.

Katie you do realise it's a Scottish name?

Oh my goodness, I love it.

I really love it, what a cool name.

I love it.

Yes Eigg by 'foreign' I mean out of the U.K...

Wonderful, I had a family member with this name and they got Jim as a nn due to the English version being James

Good name.

Err, Katie, Scotland is still part of the UK...

There was a vote and everything

I know it is?

I wasn't saying that it sounds Scottish... I don't think it does.

I think it sounds Egyption or something.

*Egyptian

I get you, KatieT12My husband calls our Hamish 'Hamoosh' sometimes, and makes him sound vaguely Middle Eastern. Is that what you mean?

Dabchick88 - the only drawback to the name for me is that some members of my family who have strong regional accents and dialects, drop their aitches and call him Amish!

Yes, that's what I mean

It is nice though!

Love it.

'Moosh' is the only NN I've heard, which I'm not too keen on, but most of the Hamishes I know get the full name.