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I'm writing a story about a group of lower-class kids which takes place in the slums of New York during the late 1800s (about 1880 to 1895). One of the characters is an Italian whose parents immigrated to the U.S. a few years before he was born (around 1882).

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I need a name for him - something Italian, obviously, but I'd love for there to be an Americanized nickname that his friends invent for him. I was thinking Giovanni shortened to "Joe", but I'd love some other options.

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Any ideas, anyone?