Scarmiglione is his real name. It's from The Divine Comedy. He and the 3 other fiends were named after demons in The Inferno. However, only the names were used. The characters aren't similar in any other way (Barbariccia is male and Cagnazzo has a snout). In case you're wondering, the names are Italian and translate thusly:
Scarmiglione: (actually no idea on this one, but I heard it means "snatcher", even though that can't be true...)
Cagnazzo: ummm... well "cagna" means b**ch... draw your own conslusions...
Barbariccia: curly beard
Rubicante: It seems to mean "it steals you" or something like that...
