In Romagna - and particularly in Rimini - there is no family that does not have a nickname. Not just any nickname, but one that tells stories, anecdotes, characters, nicknames often born out of play, affection or irony... and which then became real 'hereditary labels'.
More than a fad, a real identity codepassed down from father to son, almost more important than the official surname.
We have collected - thanks to the "You are from Rimini if" and the contribution of its members - a long list of historical nicknames of Rimini families. A popular dictionary that is also a tender and ironic anthropological cross-section of our city.
Scroll down the list, look for yours... and add your family nickname in the comments!
Dictionary of Rimini Nicknames
(Nickname - Surname)
(A)
- AGLIN - MORRI
- ANCIALOUN - TYRANTS
- ARDEF - RED
- ARVEL - FOSCHINI
(B)
- BABEN - UGOLINI
- BAGAIUL - MONTEBELLI
- BAMBINOUN - ZAVATTI
- BANDINELA - FARMHOUSES
- BARBANIRA - SNIPERS
- BARBEIN - ARCHANGELS
- BARDINEIN - TAMBURINI
- BARDINON - POWDER
- BAROIA - FABBRI
- BARTOZA - LOTS
- BASCUCIN - MORRI
- BDOT - PASINI
- BELOCC - PIRONI
- BELVERD - TORSANI
- BELVIRD - GUGLIELMI
- BIGION - AGOSTINI
- BIGUGA - BAGS
- BIGUC - BRIOLI
- BILOGA - VITTORI
- BIZAGNA - BEZZI
- BIZANCHI - MANDUCHI
- BRAGANOUN - TUNA
- BRANCOUN - ZANGHERI
- BRUSAPIOIN - ROCCHI
- BRUSARUL - DRUDI
- BSELA - ROMANI
- BUION - GIANNINI
- BULOGNA - WHITES
- BURCH - MINGUCCI
- BURCIOUN - HORSES
- BURDOM - BLACKSMITHS
- BURFECIA - GAUDENZI
(C)
- CACALOT - GIORGETTI
- CACHET - MELUZZI
- CAGNOLA - PERUZZI / CORBELLI
- CALISEIN - MARIANI
- HEMP - MONTEVECCHI
- CANOUN - RED
- CAPANER - JOCKEYS
- CARLOUN - FRISONI
- CASALOUN - GIOVANARDI
- CAVALCHENT - DELLAROCCA
- CECC - GABELLINI
- CIAMBUREL - BRANDI
- CIAPET - CASSANDRINI
- CIVIL - BERTOZZI
- COUNT OF THE BARBACAIN - CASADEI
- CROZ - CRUSADERS
- CRUSEIN - SEMPRINI
- CURTES - BUGLI
(D)
- DADOM - PUGS
- DMASON - VANDI
(E)
- AND BIENC - TAILORS
- E COCH - FRACASSI
- E GOBB - BIAGINI
- E TAP - GRADARA
(F)
- FALPOUN - REDS
- FASULON - TONINI
- FARAGHENA - PARMEGGIANI
- FEC - BIAGINI
- FIGIN - FOSCHI
- FILICION - MENGOZZI
- FLIPEIN - CUPIOLI
- FRANCISCON - LEARDINI
- FURLENA - MANCINI / NISI
- FURLON - CECCARINI
- FURMIGA - FOREST
- FURTOMNA - SOAPS
(G)
- GALINON - ROCCHI
- GAMBETTA - STRIPES
- GARAVLES - URBINATI
- GAVINELA - CASTIGLIONI
- GHININ - GASPERONI
- GIACHET - PIVI
- GIANOIS - MONTEVECCHI
- GIANPEVLI - CECCHETTI
- JAVAROIN - HINTS
- GIULIETTI - GIULIANELLI
- GNERR - BARBELLS
- GROS - MONTEMAGGI
- GUAZA - PERAZZINI
- GURIR - FABBRI
- GRASS - VENDEMINI
(L)
- LASAGNA - BORGHESI
- LIMOUN - DORIA
- LIMPIO - WHITES
- LIVREIN - LEURINI
- LUCHIN - SPIMI
- LUCHINO - VALENTI
- LUCON - GROSSI
- LUDECC - PASINI
(M)
- MAIEN - DONATI
- MAGARA - MUCCIOLI
- MAGNAMELI - RENZINI
- MALANACH - UGOLINI
- MALAURA - OCTAVIANS
- MALPAS - RIGHINI
- MANGARON - POMPILI
- MARCHINEIN - ERCOLANI
- MARCON - LISI
- MARNEIN - PARI / PARRI
- MATALOUN - ZAGHINI
- MAUREIN - CORBELLI
- MAZASET - WHITES
- MICALANZLI - BIANCHI (S. Vito)
- MICALON - NICOLETTI
- MINECCA / MINOLA - UGOLINI
- MOR - CARLINI
- MOULARON - MONTEMAGGI
- MULAREIN - PALAZZINI
- MULARON - MASONS
- MUNEL - RICCI
- MUNFAREL - PECCI
- MURET - GORINI
- MURLEIN - SEMPRINI
(N)
- NIBALD - MAGNANI
- NOC - SAVINI
(P)
- REPORT CARD - PUGS
- STRAWS - PAGLIARANI
- PAGNOC - POMPILI
- PAION - MOROLLI / PACI
- PALAZON - SAVE
- PANARER - LAZZARONI
- PANTEN - FORLANI
- PAPALOSS - FRISONS
- PARCIOC - MAGRINI
- PATAGNAC - UGOLINI
- PENZA DURA - MULAZZANI
- PEVRI - BERTOZZI
- PGNULEIN - MASSARI
- PIÑATA - BALDUCCI
- PION - FILIPPI
- RAIN - ZANOTTI
- PIRC - HERMETI
- PIRIPICCHIO - BRAINS
- PIRLEC - ASTOLFI
- PIROLA - PERAZZINI
- PIRON - GIOVAGNOLI
- PIROUN - MAGNANI
- PITREN - CASADEI
- PITROSA - URBINATI
- PIZZECCA - PISCAGLIA
- PLECCIA - GALLI
- PRINON - TONINI
- PSARDEIN - VANNUCCI
- PULESSA - CHANCELLORS
- PULICHERI - CASADEI / DELLACHIESA
(Q)
- QUADRILOIN - ASTOLFI
(R)
- RADEC - MARCONI
- RAFAL - GIOVAGNOLI
- RAGNIN - PAOLIZZI
- RAGNUN - COUNTS
- RAMEL - TRVISANI
- RAMPION - CLEMENTI
- RAPI - BERNARDI
- RAZEN - RINALDI
- RENCH - GIOVANARDI
- RUNDOUN - FACTORS
- RUSOUN - MARCATELLI
- RUSSIN - DUSTERS
- RUSSOIN - PARI
(S)
- SARTEIN - PINE
- SCATARINELL - FARNETI
- SEC - HAIR
- SBUZANDAI - BETTI
- SIMENDLI - BARTOLI
- SITUMENA - BAGLI
- SPADAZA - SPADAZZI
- SPANTLI - LISI
- SPRANGNIN - OCTAVIANS
- SPRANGAUN - TEODORANI
- STUANON - DONATI
- STOVEIN - CANERECCI
- SUNFANEL - MONTANARI
- SURZON - HAPPY
(T)
- TAIADEL - SUCCI
- TURIGEN - GIANNINI
- TRUVLIN - NANNI
- TUGNETTA - MUSSONI
- TZICHETA - BERARDI
(V)
- VARGAIA - AMADUCCI
- VIZIER - BENEDICTINES
(Z)
- ZANZANON - PARMA
- ZAVATA - CIAVATTA
- ZAVATOIN - CAMPIDELLI
- ZEMPA - URBINATI
- ZIDRINEL - GIOVAGNOLI
- ZORZ - PARMA
- ZUCLEIN - ZANGHERI
- ZUCLON - LODOLINI
- ZURMETTA - MANFRONI
- ZVANAREL - VANDI
Collective memory also passes through here
This list is more than just a curiosity: it is a living archive of Rimini culture. An oral heritage made up of names, identities, family stories.
What about yours? Add your family nickname in the comments!
