Prison Nicknames

Compiled by Meguey Baker

Some of these are actual nicknames of current inmates, some are what I remember from television, some are made-up. Most of the time, prisoners just wind up being known by their last name.

Male Names

  1. Doc
  2. Greedy
  3. Chambers
  4. Hoss
  5. Poet
  6. Sister
  7. Sketch
  8. Jones
  9. Y4 (Why-for)
  10. God-man
  11. Armpit
  12. Big (name)
  13. Little (name)
  14. Skinny (name)
  15. Wheels
  16. Bounce
  17. N.G. (Not Guilty)
  18. Ghost
  19. Bug
  20. Caveman

Female Names

  1. Left-eye
  2. B.C.
  3. Mama
  4. Big (name)
  5. Little (name)
  6. 5 on
  7. Bait (Jail bait)
  8. Nun
  9. Beautiful
  10. Ice-girl
  11. Sass
  12. Daisy
  13. Lines
  14. Squish
  15. 60
  16. Pop
  17. Brooklyn
  18. Rank
  19. Cleopatra (Queen of Denial)
  20. Squeak