List of British regional nicknames

In addition to formal demonyms, many nicknames are used for residents of the different regions of the United Kingdom. For example, natives and residents of Liverpool are formally referred to as Liverpudlians, but are most commonly referred to as Scousers (after their local dish). Some, but not all, of these nicknames may be derogatory.

A - B

 * Aberdeen : Dorics, Donians or Teuchters. Football team are nicknamed The Dons
 * Arbroath : Red Lichties or Lichties, Codheids
 * Basingstoke :Amazingstoke, Bas Vegans after Bas Vegas, Basingjoker , Stokie
 * Barnsley : Barnzolians, Tykes, Colliers (a former mining community), Dingles (by people from Sheffield)
 * Barrow in Furness : Shipbuilders
 * Belfast : McCooeys, Dunchers
 * Beverley : Bevsters
 * Birkenhead : Plastic Scousers (or Plazzies)
 * Birmingham : Brummies
 * Black Country : Yam Yams, Nineheads
 * Blackburn : Horse Botherers (by people from Burnley and other Lancashire towns, after bestiality convictions)
 * Blackpool :Blackpudlians, Sand Grown 'Uns, Seasiders, Donkey Lashers / Botherers (the town has been rumoured to feature a donkey brothel),
 * Bolton : Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton)
 * Bournemouth
 * Coffin Dodgers (due its popularity as a retirement area)


 * Bradford : Bradfordian
 * Bramley : Villagers (by people from other areas of Leeds)
 * Brighton : Jugs (archaic)
 * Bristol :Bristolians, Wurzels
 * Britain : Limeys in Canada and the United States : Pommies in Australia and New Zealand : Les Rosbifs in France
 * Tommy, Island Monkey in Germany


 * Burnley : Burnleyites, Dingles (by people from other Lancashire towns, notably Blackburn)
 * Bury : Shakers (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bury and surrounding area)

C - D

 * Caernarfon : Cofi
 * Caithness : Gallach
 * Cambridge : Fenners, Swamp People
 * Carlisle : Carlers, Gypsies
 * Ceredigion : Cardi
 * Chatham : Chavs
 * Chesterfield : Spireites, Chessies
 * Cleethorpes : Meggies
 * Colchester : Colchies, Romans, Camuloonies, Steamies, Castlers, Cross 'n' Crowners (after Colchester's coat of arms).
 * Corby : Plastic Jocks
 * Cornwall : Kernowicks, Merry-Jacks, Mera-Jacks, Uncle Jacks or Cousin Jacks (when abroad).
 * Crawley : Creepy Crawlies, Insects
 * Darlington : Quakers, Darloids, DCs, Monte Darlo
 * Derby :Bockers, Sheep Shaggers, Rams
 * Devon :Janners
 * Dingwall : Gudgie
 * Doncaster : Flatlanders (especially by people from Sheffield), Knights, Doleites
 * Dorchester : Dorchvegas
 * Dorset : Dorset Knobs (from the famous biscuit), Dumplings
 * Dover : Dovorian
 * Droitwich Spa : Monners
 * Dumfries : Doonhamers
 * Dundee : Dundonians
 * Duns : Dingers
 * Durham : Durhamites, Posh Mackems, Posh Geordies, Cuddies, Pit Yackers (due to Durham's mining heritage)

E – G

 * Eastbourne : Winnicks or Willicks (dialect name of a guillemot or wild person)
 * Edinburgh : Edinburgers or Edinbourgeois (used more so when referring to people from more affluent suburbs of Edinburgh), Dunediner (Gaelic Origin), Toonies (Scots)
 * England : Sassenachs (used by Scottish and Irish; Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic word "Sasannach", meaning "Saxon"), Sassies, Red Coats, Inglish, Nigels, Guffy (primarily in Northeast Scotland from the Scots 'pig'), Sais (Welsh), Englandshire (in Scotland), The Shire (in Scotland)
 * Essex : Essex Calves (archaic), Easties, Essers, Wideboys, Saxons, Scimitars (from the county Coat of Arms)
 * Fleetwood : Codheads
 * Forest of Dean : Foresters, Deaners, Offers
 * Fraserburgh : Brochers, not to be confused with people from Burghead
 * Frodsham : Jowie Heads (from old Runcorn area Cheshire meaning turnip, reference to the rural position of the town)
 * Galashiels : Pale Merks (from the claim that Gala was the last major town in Scotland to have plumbing/running water)
 * Glasgow : Glaswegian, Keelies, Weegies
 * Glossop : Hillmen (due to its proximity to the Peak District)
 * Gloucester : Gloucestrian(s)
 * Goole : Goolies
 * Grimsby : Codheads, Haddocks, Grimmies
 * Gillingham, Kent: Medwayers
 * Gosport, Hampshire : Turk Towners
 * Great Yarmouth : Yarcos
 * Guisborough : Woollybacks

H - K

 * Hampshire : Hampshire Hogs, Bacon Faces (reference to Hampshire as a pig-raising county in former times)
 * Hartlepool : Monkey Hangers, Poolies
 * Hawick : Teri
 * Haydock : Yickers
 * Heywood : Monkeys
 * Highlands and Islands (of Scotland) : Teuchters, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian
 * Hinckley : Tin Hatters
 * Huddersfield : Dog Botherers
 * Hull : Codheads, Hully Gullies, 'Ullites
 * Inverness : Sneckies
 * Ipswich : Tractor Boys, Carrot Crunchers
 * Irthlingborough : Irthlings
 * Isle of Wight : Caulkheads (named after the caulking of boats)
 * Kettering : Sheep shaggers, Ketteringers pansies
 * Kendal : Kendalians
 * Kilbarchan : Habbie
 * Haverfordwest : Long necks

L

 * Lancashire : Yonners (specifically south-eastern Lancashire around the Oldham and Rochdale areas)
 * Leeds : Loiners
 * Leicester : Rat Eyes (from the Roman name for the city: Ratae), Chisits (from the pronunciation of "how much is it," which sounds like "I'm a chisit"); Foxes, Bin Dippers (named after Foxes)
 * Leicestershire : Leicesterites, Bean Bellies (from the eating of broad beans)
 * Leigh : Leythers, Lobby Gobblers (from lobby)
 * Lincolnshire : Yellow Bellies (after a species of frog common in the Lincolnshire and East Anglian Fens)
 * Linlithgow : Black Bitch, from the burgh coat of arms
 * Littlehampton : LA, from the local accent being unable to pronounce the 'h' in Hampton
 * Liverpool : Scousers (from the stew known as scouse),
 * Plastic Scousers or Plazzies (a person who falsely claims to be from Liverpool),
 * Woolybacks or Wools (a person from the surrounding areas of Liverpool, especially St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, or the Wirral)


 * Llanelli : Turks
 * London : Cockneys (Traditionally those born within the sound of the bells of St Mary le Bow, Cheapside)
 * Lossiemouth : Codheids
 * Louth : Luddites
 * Luton : Hatters

M - N

 * Manchester : Manc, the shortened version of the demonym Mancunians
 * Mansfield, Nottinghamshire : Scabs - offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
 * Malmesbury : Jackdaws
 * Middlesbrough : Smoggies.
 * Montrose : Gable Endies
 * Nantwich : Dabbers
 * Neath : Abbey-Jacks, Blacks, Blackjacks.
 * Newcastle upon Tyne : Geordies
 * Norfolk : Norfolk Dumplings ("Dumplings being a favourite food in that county")
 * Northampton : Cobblers, after the ancient shoe industry that thrived in the town.
 * Northern Ireland : Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists)
 * North Shields, Tyne and Wear : Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers
 * North Wales : Gogs
 * Northwich : Salter Boys
 * Norwich: Canaries
 * Nottingham: Boggers, Scabs (insult; see Mansfield)
 * Nuneaton, Warwickshire: Codders, Treacle Towners

O - R

 * Oldham : Yonners (from Oldham pronunciation of 'yonder' as in 'up yonner'), Roughyeds, Biffos
 * Paisley : Buddies,
 * Peterhead :Bluemogganers, Blue Tooners
 * Plymouth :Janners. Originally a person who spoke with a Devon accent, now simply any West Countryman. In naval slang (where the place is referred to as Guz ), this is specifically a person from Plymouth.
 * Portsmouth : Pompey (shared by the city, the naval base and the football club), Skates
 * Redcar : Codheads
 * Rotherham :Chuckles, Rotherbirds
 * Royston, Hertfordshire :Crows
 * Rye :Mudlarks

S

 * St Helens : Woollybacks
 * Scarborough : Algerinos, Bottom-enders (for those born or raised in the old town)
 * Scotland : Scotties, Jocks Macs, Sweaties (offensive; from rhyming slang "Sweaty Sock" for Jock).
 * Selkirk : Souters
 * Shavington : Tramps
 * Sheffield : Dee Dars, Steelmekkers.
 * Sheringham : Shannock
 * Shrewsbury : Salops (shortened version of the demonym Salopians)
 * Skelmersdale : Skemheads, Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
 * Skye : Sgitheanachs
 * Southampton : Scum(mers)
 * South Shields : Sand Dancers:
 * South Wales : Hwntws (by people from North Wales)
 * Southern England : Southern Fairies, Shandy Drinkers
 * Southport : Sandgrounders, Groundies
 * Stalybridge : Stalyvegas
 * Stockport : Stopfordians (from an old name for Stockport), Hatters
 * Stockton on Tees : Smoggies
 * Stoke-on-Trent : Potters, Clay Heads, Stokies, Jug Heads, kidsgrove spiders,
 * Stranraer : Cleyholers
 * Strood : Long Tails, Stroodles
 * Stroud : Stroudies
 * Sunderland : Mackems
 * Sutherland : Cattach
 * Swansea : Jacks, Swansea Jacks
 * Swindon : Moonrakers

T - V

 * Tarbert, Loch Fyne : Dookers (named after guillemot and razorbill, sea-birds once a popular food among Tarbert natives)
 * Teignmouth : Muffians
 * Telford : Telfies, Chavs

W

 * Wales : Taffs [Mid/West Welsh] (sometimes considered offensive), Taffies.
 * Wallingford, Oxfordshire : Wallies
 * Walsall : Saddlers
 * Warrington : Wire, Wirepullers (after the local wire industry), Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
 * Welshpool : Soup Heads
 * Westhoughton: Keawyeds (Cowheads, after local legend)
 * West Riding of Yorkshire : Wessies (in other parts of Yorkshire)
 * Weymouth and Portland : Kimberlins (Portland name for a person from Weymouth)
 * Weymouth : Weybiza (due to the wild nightlife the town has adopted)
 * Whitehaven : Marras, Jam Eaters, Wetties
 * Widnes : Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
 * Wigan : Pie-eaters(after eating humble pie), Pie-noshers, Purrers,
 * Wiltshire : Moonrakers
 * Wolverhampton : Yam Yams (from local dialect where people say "Yam" meaning "Yow am" meaning "You are")
 * Worthing : Pork Bolters
 * Workington : Jam Eaters
 * Whitby : Codheads

Y - Z

 * York : Yorkies, Old Yorkers
 * Yorkshire : Tykes, Yorkies, Yorkie Bars