These names represent that first generation of Italian-Americans
and their friends in Mansfield, Mass.
If you have corrections, comments, or have photographs
to contribute to this page, please email me:
Mansfield, Massachusetts Unique Nicknames
from the 1920s through 1940s
| Anna Pat - Anna Palanza | Cubby - Dick Cipriani | Lindo - Galanti | Skins - Lenny Belli |
| An Tan - Anthony Copparini | Cutsie - Albert Cutillo | Lulla - John Scialoia | Skip - Robert Whaley |
| Antne - Anthony Bruno | Cutsie - Corrine Conroy | LuLu - Louise (Mei) Silva | |
| Appleseed - James Evans | DeeDee- William Segfrield | LuLu - Louise Baroncelli | Skipper - Erwin Shepardson |
| Arbi - Albert Straccia | Dell - Fred Delfino | Lundy - Johnny Falotico | Skippy - George Burrow |
| Arkie - Archibald Robertson | Desi - Al Desimone | Madge - Mike Scaldini | Skippy - Anthony Melchiori, Jr. |
| Babe - Geneieve Goddard | DingDong -Harold Bell | Mally - Alphonse Musto | Skunkhead - Tony Uva |
| Baby John - John Paioni | Dink - Al Turniese | Mare - Mary Joan Todesco | Slab - Louis Scaldini |
| Baccala - Guido Leonelli | Dink - Fred Delliacono | Marzi - Albert Fusulo | Slim/Pinhead - Jim Eastman |
| Milly - Amelio Scaldini | |||
| Baldi - Fran Baldini | Dink - Sheldon David | Mini - Almelia Cardinute | Slip - Silvio Santucci |
| Beansy - Bernadette Annese | DoDo - Doreen (Annese) Tighe | Moko - Jim Mei | Slugger - Sarah Chambers |
| BeBe - Al Delliacono | DoDo - Doreen (Eastman) Mulcahy | Morgan - Pat Tartufo | Smitty - Steven Smith |
| Bed - Al Lodico | Duffy - Doris Codding | Mushy - Ed Guliani | Sonny - Alfred Guerrini |
| Bing - Charles Cinelli | Duke - Bruno Copparini | Mutsie - Richard Blandori | Sonny - Mario Morini |
| Binky - Carl Anderson | Dutchy - John Wills | Mutt - Americo Carnevali | Spider - Genio Spiezio |
| Boiled Ham/Spunky - Frank Liberatore | Fessy - Henry Olney | Nappy - Napoleon Carbana | Spider - John Frongillo |
| Bones - Mary Conroy | Fitzy - Tom Fitzgerald | Nutcha - Carl Tartaglia | Sputo - Mario Geminiani |
| Bra - Bruno Guliani | Flash - Gordon | Pada Poopa - Alfred Albertini | Sqeeky - Louise Ricci |
| Briggsy - Beverly Briggs | Footie - Aldo Certuse | PeeWee - Guido Falotico | Squinky - Guido Sherino Amici |
| Pepper - Ernestine Scaldini | Stichy - Alfred Guerrini | ||
| Brutz - Tony Pellegrini | Forty Pounds - Sam Cutillo | Peppy - Joe Albertini | Strawberry - Fragalino Patrianni |
| Budgy - Charles Campbell | Frit - John Falcone | Pesky - Richard Pescosolido | Stubby - George Antosca |
| Bummer/Peanuts - Jim Gordon | Fritzy - Alfred Cipriani | Pic - Mathew Piccolomini | Sulli - Bill Sullivan |
| Bunchy - Anthony Medeiros | Funzi - Al Tartufo | Pini - Josephine Tartaglia | Tappy - Octavio Geminiani |
| Buster - Ed Deviney | Futti - DePalma | Prof - Alec Salacchi | Tart - Bob Tartufo |
| Butch - Arthur Razee | Fuzzy - Anthony Fusulo | Pudsy - Pedini | Tarzy - Joe Tartufo |
| Butch - Claude Picciandra | Garney - Lou Garland | Putt - Hugo Blandori | Tiny - Anthony Pascucci |
| Butch - Francis Murphy | General Bone - Valentino Picciandra | QuackQuack - Leo Baldelli | The Rev - Ed Sheehy |
| Butch - William Gormley | Gibby - Bernard Gibbons | Red - Bill Purrier | Thirty-Five - Al Terenzi |
| Buzzy - Burill | Gopher - Al Inglese | Red - James Tart | Toca - James Antosca |
| Buzzy - Charles Richardson | Gov - Bill Eastman | Red - Joe Todesco | Tokey - Thomas Barnes |
| Gov/Chisel Chin - Don Flynn | |||
| Hacksaw - Richard Akles | Tooky - Ray Lively | ||
| Cheech - Signorello | Happy - Jimmy Horton | Red - Verzola | Toot - Fiore James Palladino |
| Chicka - Falotico | Henny - Isabelle Scaldini | Rocky - Rocco Molinari | Toot - Tulio Picciandra |
| Chicky - Francis Antosca | Hoopty - Chambers | Rooster - Aristodamo Albertini | Tootie - Bennett |
| Chicky - Frank Canarlo | Hucky - Americo Dei | Root - Rick Baldini | Truck - Helen Carr |
| Chico - Frank Colella | Humpty - Charles Young | Santo - John Scialoia | Truck - Warren Carr |
| Chippy - Cesare Cipriani | Jake - Fusulo | Scap - John Scarpellini | Twisty - Don Baptiste |
| Chop Chop - George Francis | Jazzy - James Clemmey | Scatty - Bart Jackson | WeeWee - Goodwin |
| Cip - Bob Cipriani | Jazzy - James Scarpellini | Scully - John Scaldini | Wimpy - Ed Jones |
| Cisco - Francis Annese | Jiggsie - Luigi Melchiorri | Sharpy - Aggie Picciandra | Winky - Katherine Paine |
| Shipper - Jack Shea | Yip - Italo Baldini | ||
| Clem - Bill Todesco | Jocko - John Clemmey | Shorty - Jean Chambers | Yum Yum - Paul Schulz |
| Clem - Ed Epstien | Junior - Hugo Bolin | Shorty/Lamb -Romolo Picciandra | Zaf - Al Zaffini |
| Clem - Karl Clemmey | Kit - Chris Sabin | Sibby - Sebastian Falcone | Zburicia - Primo Geminini |
| Coots - Raldo Baldini | Lalo - Baldelli | Sissy - Lillian Schulz | Zeke - Mark Gleason |
| Lam - Aldo Geminiani | Skeets - Guido DeLutis |
These names represent that first generation of Italian-Americans
and their friends in Mansfield, Mass.
If you have corrections, comments, or have photographs
to contribute to this page, please email me: