Nicknames

I was watching GoodFellas yesterday for the first time in years. In one scene, they go around the room, introducing all the gangters in that crew. These guys usually had colorful nicknames based on some characteristic of theirs. Freddy No Nose had a very small nose. Fat Andy was really fat. Jimmy Two Times said everything twice. One of the guys was named Frankie the Wop. Which makes me wonder just how big of a wop he would have to be to gain that nickname amongst all those guys.