Given name & surname
Bambi
“a young daughter; a baby girl”
Bambi is a variant of Bambina. One Italian interpretation is “a young daughter; a baby girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bambi is a variant of Bambina. One Italian interpretation is “a young daughter; a baby girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bambi is a variant of Bambina. An origin associated with Bambina is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bambi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,261
- 0 boys · 5,261 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 327 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,581 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +122%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,581 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 327 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,318 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bambi
- BambiBritish street artistborn 1982
- Bambi JonesAmerican entertainerborn 1931
- Bambi ShelegIsraeli journalist1958–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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