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 | Cutsy - Corrine Conroy | LuLu - Louise (Mei) Silva | |
| Appleseed - James Evans | DeeDee- William Siegfried | 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. |
| DingDong -Harold Bell | Mally - Alphonse Musto | Skunkhead - Tony Uva | |
| Dink - Alfred Turniese | Mare - Mary Joan Todesco | Slab - Louis Scaldini | |
| Babe - Geneieve Goddard | Dink - Fred Delliacono | Marzi - Albert Fasulo | Slim/Pinhead - Jim Eastman |
| Baby John - John Paioni | Dink - Sheldon David | Mattata - Martha Metrano |
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| Baccala - Guido Leonelli | Milly - Amelio Scaldini | ||
| Baldi - Fran Baldini | 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 - Patsy Tartufo | Smitty - Steven Smith |
| Bed - Al Lodico | Duffy - Doris Codding | Mushy - Ed Guilani | Sonny - Alfred Guerrini |
| Bing - Charles Cinelli | Duke - Elio Copparini | Mutsie - Richard Blandori | Sonny - Mario Morini |
| Dutchy - John Wills | Mutt - Americo Carnevali | Speedy - Alfred Speizio | |
| Binky - Carl Anderson | Mutt - Modesto Spiezio |
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 Copparini | Flash - Wallace Gordon | Pada Poopa - Alfred Albertini | Sqeeky - Louise Ricci |
| Bra - Bruno Guilani | Footie - Aldo Certuse | PeeWee - Guido Falotico | Squinky - Guido Sherino Amici |
| Briggsy - Beverly Briggs | Pepper - Ernestine Scaldini | Stichy - Alfred Guerrini | |
| Brutz - Tony Pellegrini | Forty Pounds - Sam Cutillo | Peppy - Joe Albertini | Strawberry - Fragalino Patrianni |
| Bub - Rudy Schulz | Frit - John Falcone | Pesky - Richard Pescosolido | Stubby - George Antosca |
| Budgy - Charles Campbell | Fritzy - Alfred Cipriani | Pic - Mathew Piccolomini | Sully - Bill Sullivan |
| Bummer/Peanuts - Jim Gordon | Funzi - Al Tartufo | Pini - Josephine Tartaglia | Tappy - Octavio Geminiani |
| Bumps - John Cotterill Jr. | Futti - DePalma | Tart - Bob Tartufo | |
| Bunchy - Antonio Medeiros | Prof - Alec Salacchi | Tarzy - Joe Tartufo | |
| Buster - Ed Deviney | Fuzzy - Anthony Fasulo | Pudsy - Pedini | Tink - Charles E. Phillips |
| Butch - Arthur Razee | Garney - Lou Garland | Putt - Hugo Blandori | Tiny - Anthony Pascucci |
| Butch - Claude Picciandra | General Bone - Valentino Picciandra | QuackQuack - Leo Baldelli | The Rev - Ed Sheehy |
| Butch - Francis Murphy | Gibby - Bernard Gibbons | Red - Bill Purrier | Thirty-Five - Al Terenzi |
| Butch - William Gormley | |
Red - James Tarte | Tippy - Anthony Giovino |
| Buzzy - Burill | Gov - Bill Eastman | Red - Joe Todesco | Tippy2 - Armando Giovino |
| Buzzy - Charles Richardson | Gov/Chisel Chin - Don Flynn | Red - William Verzola | Toca - James Antosca |
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Tokey - Thomas Barnes |
| Hacksaw - Richard Akles | Remmy/Lamb -
Remolo Picciandra |
Tooky - Ray Lively | |
| Cheech - Signorello | Happy - Jimmy Horton | Rocky - Rocco Molinari | Toot - James Palladino |
| Chicka - Charles Falotico | Henny - Isabelle Scaldini | Toot - Tulio Picciandra | |
| Chicky - Francis Antosca | Hoopty - Chambers | Rooster - Aristodemo Albertini | Tootie - Bennett |
| Chicky - Frank Cavallo | 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 - George Fasulo | Scap - John Scarpellini | Tut - Clifton Phillips Sr. |
| Chop Chop - George Francis | Jazzy - James Clemmey | Scatty - Bart Jackson | Twisty - Don Baptiste |
| Cip - Bob Cipriani | Jazzy - James Scarpellini | Scully - John Scaldini | Wimpy - Ed Jones |
| Cisco - Francis Annese | Jiggsie - Luigi Melchiorri | Scut - Stanley Santucci |
Winky - Katherine Paine |
| Sharpy - Aggie Picciandra | Yip - Italo Baldini | ||
| Clem - Bill Todesco | Jocko - John Clemmey | Shipper - Jack Shea |
Yum Yum - Paul Schulz |
| Clem - Ed Epstien | Junior - Hugo Bolin | Shorty - Jean Chambers |
Zaf - Albert Zaffini |
| Clem - Karl Clemmey | Kit - Chris Sabin | Shorty/Lamb
- Romolo Picciandra |
Zburicia - Primo Geminini |
| Coots - Raldo Baldini | Lalo - Louis Baldelli | Sibby - Sebastian Falcone |
Zeke - Mark Gleason |
| Lam - Aldo Geminiani | Sissy - Lillian Schulz |
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| Lefty - Amici | Skeets - Guido DeLutis |
These names represent that first generation of Italian-Americans and their friends in Mansfield, Mass.
Mansfield
Nicknames Spreadsheet by Last Name
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