Hamish

juliad2010 · May 2014

Honest thoughts on the name Hamish please.
DH loves it and it is a family name. I'm concerned that a child with the name Hamish will be teased constantly over his name ("hammy", "Ham") or that many people won't know how to pronounce it.

strawberrytree · May 2014

I LOVE Hamish. It's not common but I think it's known enough that people would pronounce it correctly. I really wanted to use it for DS2 but unfortunately a few years back DH and I visited Scotland and saw Hamish the Highland Cow, and now that's all he associates the name with

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Helenahhandbasket · May 2014

Idani said:

I don't find this name hard to pronounce but I just don't care for it. If I lived in an area with a lot of Scottish names/population I might feel differently but it just isn't appealing to me. I would mn it.

I feel the same way.

Also, reminds me of Hashish.

juliad2010 · May 2014

@Helenahhandbasket‌ I never thought of hamish hashish.

Makes me want to say mn or scrap it altogether.

oneblessedmess · May 2014

Reminds me of the movie Brave, and of the Baby Blues comic strips I used to read as a kid. I'm pretty sure the son was named Hamish although he was referred to as Hammie 99% of the time.

I do like Hamish well enough on its own but I dislike the nn Hammie/Ham enough that it would deter me from using it. Maybe middle name it?

Dr.Loretta · May 2014

I love it. Love

ashiscute · May 2014

I really like it. I do not think you would have trouble with pronounciation or spelling. And I don't think the ham nickname thing would really be a big deal personally.

==N== · May 2014

I think it's a very unattractive name.

ConversationFear · May 2014

I love this name - I always have. I know someone by this name and it's the only reason we aren't picking it - to avoid that whole "no he's not named after you" thing.

He has never been known as Hammy or Ham. He has been Hamish his whole life.

moseyma · May 2014

I love Hamish, it's definitely a top contender if we have another boy. I don't think pronunciation would be an issue where I live, but we have a large population of people who are of direct Scottish descent here. I also love the name Hayes, and while it's a bit of a stretch as a nickname, I totally intend to make that stretch, b/c I do love both. I know a couple Hamish's (one teen, one adult) and one goes by "Hay" or "Haym" ...not those spellings, but the pronunciation) and the other is strictly Hamish.

Ceridwen21 · May 2014

I like it but I don't think I'd have the guts to use it myself! It makes me think of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

le bebe xo · May 2014

This is not a very attractive sounding name to me.

Ladymouse · May 2014

Subjectively, I like Hamish. Objectively, I see a lot of teasing (unless he's a thin/athletic boy.)

Jerzee17 · May 2014

le bebe xo said:
This is not a very attractive sounding name to me.

This is how I feel.

divinemsbee · May 2014

I really really like it. It's on the list for second boy name, if we have one (first boy name is a family thing). I just think it's a name that's cute on a baby but ages really well.