What Do You Call People From...

Local Names From Agoura Hills to Whittier

A “demonym” is a word “to denote a person who inhabits or is native to a particular place” (Merriam-Webster). So we wondered what people from places in Los Angeles County would be called (that's what we in the almanac business do). A few names, such as "Angeleno," are well known and frequently used. However, what would you call someone from Culver City? We did a bit of digging and came up with the list below. Of course, this list is hardly official or definitive. There are no demonym rules and there are, no doubt, other variations than what we offer here.

People From...	Are Called...
Agoura Hills	Agoura Hillers, Agourans, Agourians
Alhambra	Alhambrans
Arcadia	Arcadians
Artesia	Artesians
Avalon	Avaloners, Avalonians
Azusa	Azusans
Baldwin Park	Baldwin Parkers
Bell	Bellites, Bellers
Bell Gardens	Bell Gardeners, Bell Gardeans
Bellflower	Bellflowers
Beverly Hills	Beverly Hillers, Bev Hillers
Bradbury	Bradburians
Burbank	Burbankers
Calabasas	Calabasasers
California	Californians, Californios (early Spanish-speaking residents)
Carson	Carsonites, Carsonian
Cerritos	Cerritosians, Cerritans, Cerritoans
Claremont	Claremonters, Claremontians
Commerce, City of	Commerce Citians
Compton	Comptoners
Covina	Covinians
Cudahy	Cudahyans
Culver City	Culver Citians, Culver Citizens, Culverites
Diamond Bar	Diamond Barians
Downey	Downeyans, Downeyians
Duarte	Duarteans
East Los Angeles (Unincorporated community of Los Angeles County)	East Angelenos, East Los
El Monte	El Monteans, El Monters
El Segundo	El Segundoans
Gardena	Gardenans
Glendale	Glendalers, Glendalians
Glendora	Glendorans
Hawaiian Gardens	Hawaiian Gardeners, Hawaiian Gardeans
Hawthorne	Hawthorners
Hermosa Beach	Hermosa Beachers
Hidden Hills	Hidden Hillers
Hollywood (Neighborhood in City of Los Angeles)	Hollywooders, Hollywoodite, Hollywoodian
Huntington Park	Huntington Parkers
Industry, City of	Industryans, Industry Citians
Inglewood	Inglewooders
Irwindale	Irwindalers
La Cañada Flintridge	La Cañada Flintridgers
La Habra Heights	La Habra Heighters, La Habra Heightsians
La Mirada	La Miradans
La Puente	La Puenteans
La Verne	La Verners
Lakewood	Lakewooders
Lancaster	Lancasterans, Lancasterites
Lawndale	Lawndalers
Lomita	Lomitians
Long Beach	Long Beachers
Los Angeles	Angelenos, Angelinos, Los Angelenos, Los Angelans, Los Angelean, Left Coasters, L-Aliens
Lynwood	Lynwooders
Malibu	Malibuites, Malibuers
Manhattan Beach	Manhattan Beachers
Maywood	Maywooders
Monrovia	Monrovians
Montebello	Montebelloans
Monterey Park	Monterey Parkers
Norwalk	Norwalkers
Palmdale	Palmdalers, Palmdalites
Palos Verdes Estates	Palos Verdes Estaters, Palos Verdes Estateans, Verdians
Paramount	Paramounters
Pasadena	Pasadenans
Pico Rivera	Pico Riverans
Pomona	Pomonans
Rancho Palos Verdes	Rancho Palos Verdeans
Redondo Beach	Redondo Beachers
Rolling Hills	Rolling HillsHillers
Rolling Hills Estates	Rolling Hills Estaters, Rolling Hills Estateans
Rosemead	Rosemeaders
San Dimas	San Dimasans
San Fernando	San Fernandoans
San Fernando Valley (Region in City of Los Angeles)	Valley People (and during the 80s and 90s, "Valley Girls")
San Gabriel	San Gabrielers, San Gabrielites
San Marino	San Marinoans
Santa Clarita	Santa Claritans
Santa Fe Springs	Santa Fe Springsians
Santa Monica	Santa Monicans
Sierra Madre	Sierra Madrens
Signal Hill	Signal Hillers
South El Monte	South El Monteans, South El Monters
South Gate	South Gaters
South Pasadena	South Pasadenans
Temple City	Temple Citians
Torrance	Torries, Torrancites, Torrancers
Venice (Neighborhood in City of Los Angeles)	Venetians
Vernon	Vernoners, Vernonites
Walnut	Walnuters, Walnutans
West Covina	West Covinians
West Hollywood	West Hollywooders
Westlake Village	Westlake Villagers
Whittier	Whittierians

Also see Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe by Paul Dickson, 1997, Merriam Webster