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A strong and virile masculine Scottish name. Think Braveheart, think terrible and fearsome warrior, only too eager to wield the huge and deadly two handed claymore sword in battle against the English foe. That's Hamish.
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It's interesting. Moderately appealing.
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A very nice name in my opinion — simple but not too common as far as I know (probably more common in Scotland, I guess :P)
Hamish is the name of a hauler working at the Docks in Chuggington.
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Hamish is the name of a hauler working at the Docks in Chuggington.
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Hamish is a strong, Scottish name. I like its lively but traditional sound! I much prefer it and Jamie compared with James.
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I always find James such a boring name, too common, with a strange and ugly sound. Sorry for the Jameses but I never loved this name. Hamish is better than James because it's more original after all, even if it doesn't seem a cognate of my beloved name in his original form: Jacob.
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This is a nice name. I completely agree with the comment about "Haymitch" (which I almost actually kinda prefer?) being one of the "futurized" names in The Hunger Games... it's like a variation of this, or a combination of it with Mitch/Mitchell.
A lot of the Capitol residents do have traditional, classic names with historical meanings/associations/namesakes that relate to the characters, but people in the districts seem to prefer names that have "evolved" from others over time.
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A lot of the Capitol residents do have traditional, classic names with historical meanings/associations/namesakes that relate to the characters, but people in the districts seem to prefer names that have "evolved" from others over time.
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At first glance, I wasn't a fan at all, but the more I see it the more it grows on me. I'm seriously considering using it as a middle name. There's something really sweet about it, but it ages very well.
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It reminds me of Haymitch, a character in the Hunger Games.
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To add to what thesnowwhiterose commented, there has been some speculation that Haymitch's name was intended to be a modernization (futurization?) of Hamish.
Basically, since The Hunger Games takes place in the future, names will evolve and shift. The Capital obviously enjoys Latin/Roman names, but among a well-read people, it's easier to keep those names constant even over centuries and millennia. It's been theorized that in the poorer districts, names started to shift and evolve more as people stopped reading/studying for anything other than necessity. As such, you have names that changed spellings like Bristel and Hazelle and names that evolved like Peeta (possibly from Peter), Leevy (possibly from the word levee), and Haymitch (possibly from Hamish).
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Basically, since The Hunger Games takes place in the future, names will evolve and shift. The Capital obviously enjoys Latin/Roman names, but among a well-read people, it's easier to keep those names constant even over centuries and millennia. It's been theorized that in the poorer districts, names started to shift and evolve more as people stopped reading/studying for anything other than necessity. As such, you have names that changed spellings like Bristel and Hazelle and names that evolved like Peeta (possibly from Peter), Leevy (possibly from the word levee), and Haymitch (possibly from Hamish).
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Sounds blatantly Yiddish, but I like it.
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The name will always remind me of the German word "hämisch" which looks a lot like Hamish and which is even pronounced alike. Well, not exactly, of course, but if any English-speaking person would speak out the word "hämisch", it would probably just sound like the name Hamish.
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I LOVE this sweet name. It's really cute and sweet for a little boy, yet masculine as well! I'm naming one of my sons this for sure.
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Strong, masculane name. IT'S AWESOME, kinda reminds me of the name Angus.
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Sounds more like an Indian name to me.
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Yeah but it's Scottish.
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