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This is a list of Demonyms from the United Kingdom. A demonym derives from its place name - such as Mancunian from Manchester. As such, this list is reserved for actual demonyms of British places, and does not include colloquial nicknames for people such as Jam Eater for those from Whitehaven, or Smoggie from Middlesbrough.^[1][2]

England

Location	Demonym(s)	Notes	Ref
Avon	Avonian	Former county, now unitary authority area centred around Bristol	[3]
Barnstaple	Barumites	The town had the Latin name of ad Barnastapolitum, which became shortened to Barum	[4]
Barrow-in-Furness	Barrovians		[5]
Bath	Bathonians		[6]
Bedford	Bedfordian	Also applies to the wider county of Bedfordshire, and the school as an Old Bedfordian.	[7]
Belgravia	Belgravian	An affluent suburb of London. The term Belgravian was popularised by writers such as William Makepeace Thackery and Matthew Arnold	[8]
Berkshire	Berkshireman/Berkshirewoman		[9]
Biggleswade	Biggleswadian		[10]
Birmingham	Brummie	Derived from Brummagem, a demonym from Bromwich-Ham. Also less popular is Birminghamian.	[11][12]
Bournemouth	Bournemouthian		[13]
Bradford	Bradfordian		[14][15][16]
Brighton	Brightonian	Also refers to alummi from the school (Old Brightonians)	[17][18]
Bristol	Bristolian		[19]
Buckinghamshire	Bucksian		[20]
Cambridge	Cantabrigian	Used to describe the inhabitants of the city, and those who are attending the university in the city. Cantab is also used occasionally.	[11][21]
Chelmsford	Chelmsfordian		[22]
Chester	Cestrian	Also applies to the inhabitants of Cheshire, of which Chester is the county town	[21]
Chichester	Cisetrian		[23]
Clitheroe	Clitheronian		[24]
Coalville	Coalvillian		[25]
Congleton	Congletonian	Men from the town were also known as Congleton Bears, due to the bear-baiting that existed in the town.	[26][27]
Cornwall	Cornish (man or woman)		[28]
Coventry	Coventrians		[29]
Cumbria	Cumbrian, Cumberlander	Originally the area was Cumberland, which changed its county name to Cumbria in 1974.	[30]
Darlington	Darlingtonians		[31][32]
Derbyshire	Darbyite, Darbian[34]		[35]
Devon	Devonian, Devonite		[35]
Doncaster	Doncastrian		[36]
Dorset	Dorsetian		[37]
Durham	Dunelmian	Originally used to describe the alumni of Durham School, like other school names, it became loosely applied to others with connections to that town or area.	[38][39]
Essex	Essexian	Originally, the name referred to anything to do with the Earl of Essex, but later came to be applied to members of the landed gentry families rom the county of Essex	[40]
Exeter	Exonian		[41]
Gosport	Gosportarians
Halifax	Haligonian		[42]
Hampshire	Hantsian		[43]
Harrogate	Harrogatonian		[44]
Hartlepool	Hartlepudlians		[45]
Herefordshire	Herefordian		[46]
Hertfordshire	Hertfordian	Pronounced as Hartfordian	[47]
Huddersfield	Huddersfieldians		[48]
Humberside	Humbersiders	Denotes someone from the former county of Humberside, land clustered around the Humber Estuary	[49]
Ingleton	Ingletonian		[50]
Kent	Kentish Man, or Man of Kent	Dickson lists these as demonyms. A Kentish man denotes someone who hails from west of the River Medway, whereas a Man of Kent denotes someone from east of the Medway.	[51][52]
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	Hullensian		[53]
Lancaster	Lancastrian		[54]
Leeds	Loiner, Leodensian	Derived from an old name for Leeds (Loidis)	[11][55]
Leicester	Leicesterian, or Leicesterite
Lincoln	Lincolnian, Lindunian		[56]
Liverpool	Liverpudlian		[57]
London	Londoner		[58]
Manchester	Mancunian		[59]
Middlesbrough	Middlesbroughians		[60]
Newcastle	Novocastrian		[61]
Norfolk	Norfolkian		[62]
Northumbria	Northumbrian	The name Northumbria related to the region due north of the River Humber, essentially anyone who lived in Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumbria. The term is now used only for people from the county of Northumberland.	[63]
Norwich	Norvician		[64]
Nottingham	Nottinghamian		[65]
Oswestry	Oswestrians
Oxford	Oxonian	The term also applies to a graduate of Oxford University, although more often, the term Oxbridge (Oxbridgian) applies, which puts graduates of Cambridge and Oxford together.	[66]
Penzance	Penzancian		[67]
Peterborough	Peterborian		[68]
Plymouth	Plymothian		[69]
Pontefract	Pomfretian	Pontefract cakes (made from liquorice) were sometimes known as Pomfret Cakes	[70][71]
Portsmouth	Portsmouthians		[72]
Preston	Prestonian		[73]
Putney	Putneyites		[74]
Ramsgate	Ramsgatonian		[75]
Reading	Readingites
Richmond, North Yorkshire	Richmondian	There is a Richmond on Thames in Greater London also.	[76]
Ripon	Riponer		[77]
Rochdale	Rochdalians		[78]
Runcorn	Runcornian		[79]
Scarborough	Scarborian		[80]
Isles of Scilly	Scillonian		[81]
Selby	Selebian		[82]
Sheffield	Sheffielder		[83]
Shropshire	Salopian	Also can be used to describe people from the county town of Shrewsbury	[84]
Slough	Paludin	The name is said to have derived from the Latin for a slough (marsh); Palus	[11]
Solihull	Silhillian		[85]
Southampton	Sotonian or Southamptonian	These demonyms were created by a local newspaper as fitting in Southampton and Southamptonian proved difficult in headlines	[86]
Stockton-on-Tees	Stocktonian		[87]
Stratford-upon-Avon	Stratfordian		[88]
Swindon	Swindonese
Tadcaster	Tadcastrian		[89]
Telford	Telfordians	When the new town developed in the 1970s, a competition was held to decide on a name for the local inhabitants; Telfordinian and Telfordonian were also considered.	[90]
Torquay	Torquinian		[91]
Towcester	Towcestrians
Truro	Truronians		[92]
Ulverston	Ulverstonian		[93]
Isle of Wight	Vectian	Derives from the Roman name for the Isle of Wight, Vectis.	[94]
Whitby	Whitbian		[95]
Wolverhampton	Wulfrunian	Sometimes referred to as Wolverhamptonians	[96][97]
Wythenshawe	Wythenshavians
Yorkshire	Yorkshireman/Yorkshirewoman		[98]

Northern Ireland

Location	Demonym(s)	Notes	Ref
Armagh	Armachian		[99]
Belfast	Belfastian		[100]
Coleraine	Colerainers, or Colerainians

Scotland

Location	Demonym(s)	Notes	Ref
Aberdeen	Aberdonian		[101]
Argyll	Argathelians
Dundee	Dundonian		[39]
Edinburgh	Edinburgher		[102]
Fife	Fifer		[103]
Forfar	Forfarian		[104]
Galloway	Gallovidan, Galwegian		[105]
Glasgow	Glaswegian	Weegie, a nickname for those from Glasgow, derives from Glaswegian.	[106][107]
Inverness	Invernesian/Invernessian		[108][109]
Oban	Obanites		[110]
Orkney Islands	Orcadian, Orkney Islander, or Orkneyan		[111]
Shetland Islands	Shetlander		[83]

Wales

Location	Demonym(s)	Notes	Ref
Aberystwyth	Aberystwythians		[112]
Cardiff	Cardiffian		[113]
Cardiganshire	Cardi		[114]
Swansea	Swansean		[115]
Wrexham	Wrexhamites		[116]