# Origin Og English Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 11, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-og-english-names/68430 "2001-06-11T15:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glass\_onion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@glass\_onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glass_onion)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-og-english-names/68430/1 "2001-06-11T15:37:13Z")
Ok, One for the english people, What are the Origins of the nicknames associated with the different areas of England? Scousers = Liverpudlians Geordies = Novocastrians Brummies = Birminghamers Cockneys = Londoners And Any other you can think of… what do these words mean, why are these people called this? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-og-english-names/68430/2 "2001-06-11T16:15:35Z")
Scouser formed from scouse, shortened form of lobscouse (a stewed meat-and-vegetable dish served on ships) Geordie, diminutive of the given name George (because it was a common name in Northumberland?) Brummie = related to Brummagem, dialectal form of Birmingham Cockney = cock’s egg, a misshapen egg. Used derisively by country folk to refer to effeminate city-dwellers. ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-og-english-names/68430/3 "2001-06-11T17:55:40Z")
Discussed in part here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59092](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59092)