Bambi

Where Bambi comes from

Borrowed from Italian Bambi, from bambina (“young girl”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Bambi
  • Vowel-ended
Bambi through the years
  1. 1943
    First appearance
    #3,493 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1955
    Bambi Woods born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1979
    Peak, #562
    327 babies named Bambi, the most in any year.
  4. 1982
    Bambi born
    British street artist
  5. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #934.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Bambi Woods · American pornographic actress, born 1955
  • Bambi · British street artist, born 1982
  • Bambi Jones · American entertainer, born 1931
  • Bambi Sheleg · Israeli journalist, 1958–2016
  • Bambi Francisco · American journalist, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.