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Zayde vs Hamish - What's the difference?

zayde | hamish |

As a noun zayde

is grandfather.

As a proper noun Hamish is

a given name derived from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

zayde

English

Alternative forms

* zeidy, zaydeh, zeidi

Noun

(en noun)
  • grandfather
  • * 1974 , Fran Ross, Oreo ISBN 9780914870005 page 207:
    • Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.
  • elderly man (as a term of respect)
  • * 3 November 1975 , John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me'', ''New York Magazine page 74:
    • The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...
  • * 1997 , Susan Berrin, A Heart of Wisdom ISBN 9781879045736 page 200:
    • To many people, the phrase "Jewish elderly" still conjures up images of bearded zaydes'' with ''yarmulkes ...

    References

    * OED 2006

    hamish

    English

    (wikipedia Hamish)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • of mostly Scottish usage.

    • References

    * Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.