what are residents of Edinburgh called?

Answer 1

People, and very nice they are to!

Answer 2

We are generally called Edinburghers but used to be called Edinburghonians. Here are some famous ones;
A
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen
Thomas Addis
Thomas Aikenhead
Adam Jack Aitken
Arthur Albiston
Alexander Ales
Archibald Alison (Scottish author)
Dot Allison
A. Thomas Alsbury
David Anderson (bishop)
James Anderson (lawyer)
Kenneth Anderson (boxer)
Thomas David Anderson
Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)
John Alves Arbuthnot
Tommy Armour
John Armstrong (footballer)
Alex Arthur
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
William Edmonstoune Aytoun
B
Ian Bairnson
Richard Baker (Scottish politician)
James Ballantine
Robert Michael Ballantyne
Mary Bamber
John Bartholomew
John George Bartholomew
Alain Baxter
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Charles Bell
Joseph Bell
Paul Bernard (footballer)
Christophe Berra
John Black (judge)
Robert Blair (poet)
Tony Blair
Blind Harry
James Boswell
Ralph Brand
Ewen Bremner
William Brodie
David Bryce
Ken Buchanan
William Burn
Gilbert Burnet
C
Charles Cameron (magician)
Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom
Nicky Campbell
Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton
George Carnegie
David Carruthers
Ian Charleson
David Christie
John Clark (footballer born 1964)
Alan Combe
Andrew Combe
George Combe
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sean Connery
James Connolly
Ronnie Corbett
Peter Cormack
C cont.
William Creech
Johnny Cunningham
Deb Cuthbert
D
John Charles Dalrymple Hay
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes
Craig Dargo
Thomas Davidson
James Davis (VC)
Richard Demarco
Jack Docherty
Laurence Docherty
Darren Dods
Peter Doig
Frank Doran
George Alexander Drummond
Norwich Duff
Iain Duncan Smith
Sophia Dussek
F
Andrew Martin Fairbairn
Tom Farmer
Patrick Ferguson
Robert Fergusson
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
Alexander David Ferrier
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay
Ron Flockhart (auto racing)
Alexander Penrose Forbes
Duncan Forbes (footballer)
George Forbes (scientist)
Robbie Foy
Dario Franchitti
G
Kirsty Gallacher
Bill Gammell
Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey)
Jenny Geddes
Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford
Thomas Gillespie
Karen Gillon
Isabella Glyn
Alan Gordon (footballer)
Craig Gordon
Michael Gove
Kenneth Grahame
Iain Gray
John Greig
H
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
J. B. S. Haldane
John Haldane
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
Basil Hall
Robert Hamilton
William Handyside
Ryan Harding
Gavin Hastings
Dougal Haston
James Hector
Doug Henderson
Douglas Henderson
George Heriot
John Home Robertson
John Home
William Hope (VC)
Chris Hoy
James Hutton
I
Frieda Inescort
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
J
James I of England
Robert Jameson
Kathleen Jamie
Neil Janczyk
Sandy Jardine
William Jardine (naturalist)
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
John Kay (economist)
John Petrie
John Petrie (Australian Craftsman & Politician)
Reginald Johnston
Davey Johnstone
K
James Kempt
Charles Thomas Kennedy
Ludovic Kennedy
Allan Ebenezer Ker
Mary King (merchant)
William Kininmonth (architect)
Robert Knox
Nicholas Kraemer
L
Andrew Lang
Colin Lauder
Harry Lauder
James Eckford Lauder
Robert Scott Lauder
Sir Alexander Lauder, 4th Baronet
Sir Andrew Dick-Lauder, 6th Baronet
Sir George Dick-Lauder, 10th Baronet
Sir George Dick-Lauder, 12th Baronet
Sir John Lauder, 3rd Baronet
John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall
Thomas Dick Lauder
Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder, 9th Baronet
Alan Lawrence
John Leslie (television presenter)
Lawrie Leslie
James Lind
Sean Lineen
Gary Locke (footballer)
Hew Lorimer
Matthew B. Lowrie
M
Gregor MacGregor (cricketer)
David MacRitchie
Lou Macari
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern
Angus MacKay (politician)
Dave Mackay
Alexander Mackenzie (musician)
Henry Mackenzie
Ross MacLaren
Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer)
William Mactavish
Eddie Malone
Shirley Manson
David Martin (Scottish politician)
Malcolm Martineau
Robert Matthew
James Clerk Maxwell
John McDougall (VC)
William McGonagall
Michael McIndoe
Neve McIntosh
David McLetchie
J. Fraser McLuskey
Stephen McMillan
Andrew McNeil
Catherine McQueen
John McTernan
Candia McWilliam
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Max Meldrum
Finlay Mickel
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto
David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)
Naomi Mitchison
James Monro
Brian Monteith
Alan Morgan (footballer)
Angus Morrison
Rona Munro
David Murray (driver)
Thea Musgrave
Robert Mylne
N
John Napier
James Nasmyth
Charles Neaves
O
William Quiller Orchardson
P
Eduardo Paolozzi
Chris Paterson
David Paton
Marco Pelosi
William Peterson (academic)
Colin Nish
William Preston (Freemason)
Q
Lloyd Quinan
R
Henry Raeburn
Henry Ramage
William John Macquorn Rankine
Jean Redpath
Lawrie Reilly
William Reynolds (VC)
R cont.
Ian Richardson
Malcolm Rifkind
Nicky Riley
Derek Riordan
Darren Ritchie
Henry Peel Ritchie
Alexander Rose
Patrick Russell (herpetologist)
S
Ivan T. Sanderson
Ben Sayers
Walter Scott
Richard Norman Shaw
Alastair Sim
John Simpson (VC)
Richard Simpson (politician)
Alexander Smith (chemist)
Graeme Smith (footballer born 1983)
Tommy Smith (saxophonist)
Graeme Souness
Muriel Spark
Ronald Speirs
Basil Spence
Edward Stafford (politician)
Pat Stanton
Jim Steele
Rayner Stephens
Charles Alexander Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stewart Stevenson
Willie Stevenson
Balfour Stewart
Dugald Stewart
Ian Stewart (racing driver)
Michael Stewart (footballer)
Robert Leslie Stewart
S cont.
Ken Stott
Gordon Strachan
Stuart Sutcliffe
John Swinney
James Syme
T
Archibald Campbell Tait
Fred Talbot
Paul Telfer (footballer)
Alexander Thompson
Anthony Todd Thomson
John Thomson (photographer)
Kevin Thomson
Paul Thomson
Scott Thomson
KT Tunstall
V
Samuel Vetch
W
Ethel Walker
John Walker (naturalist)
Albert Watson (photographer)
George Watson (accountant)
Alexander Webster
Allan Wells
Brian Welsh
Irvine Welsh
Jason White (rugby player)
Steven Whittaker
David Wilkie (swimmer)
Adam Wilson
Daniel Wilson
Charles W. J. Withers
Alexander Wood (physician)
Christopher Wood (Scottish painter)
Willie Woodburn
Y
Willie Young

Answer 3

My grandfather was from the region and he told me that it was appropriate to be called a "Dunediner" and refers to the old name of the town, Dunedin, although Edinburgher does seem to be used a lot.

This is a more recent assessment:

As far as Edinburgh is concerned, there isn't really a term in common use. I certainly wouldn't refer to myself as an "Edinburgher" for example. I know that in the 19th century there were a lot of "native names" usually based on the Latin form for the town name - which is where Glaswegian comes from, so
there may have been something at some time, but I don't think it is used much these days.

Answer 4

Edinburghers!

Answer 5

Scots, Edinburghers Jocks

I don't know all I know is they are people who live there!!

Very nice looking place as well, never been there mind but would like to!

Answer 6

Edinburghers
Scots
Locals

For the annoying idiotic ones... Jerks or Gits!

Read all about Edinburgh here at Wikipedia as it supplies useful links outside the site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh

Answer 7

Radges


hahaha

Answer 8

Lucky

Answer 9

Edinburghers or reekies (as in auld reekie) a term used for Edinburgh

Answer 10

Scottish.

Answer 11

Scots