Hamish
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning he who supplants; form of james.
Hamish by the numbers
In 2025, 80 babies in England and Wales were named Hamish. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hamish. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Hamish, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
- Jamesonson of James; supplanter3,979 in the US (2017)
- Diegosupplanter; a form of James3,095 in the US (2017)
- Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
- Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hamish
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