Bambi

Borrowed from Italian Bambi, from bambina (“young girl”).

Bambi

1. A female given name.

Borrowed from Italian Bambi, from bambino (“child”).

Bambi

1. A surname from Italian.

Borrowed from Portuguese Bambi.

Bambi

1. A town in Huíla, Angola.

After the character Bambi created by the Austrian author Felix Salten (1869–1945), from German Bambi, from Italian bambino (“child”).

Bambi (plural Bambis)

1. (colloquial) A deer, especially a fawn.
   • 1992, Pamela Hegarty, “Yosemite National Park”, in Paula Consolo, editor, Fodor’s National Parks of the West, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 386, columns 1–2:

     Deer graze the lawns of the historic estate at Wawona and of the golf course across the road. Remember that these graceful “Bambis” are wild animals with sharp hooves and antlers.

   • 2000 May 7, Lynn Sherr, “The Maharajah Wore Stripes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 July 2025:

     But mostly I saw herds of white-spotted deer called chital, gentle Bambis whose sweet vulnerability makes them key players in the forest drama.

   • 2000 July 16, Deborah Orin, “Pundits: Would Al Eat George’s Lunch on ‘Survivor’?”, in New York Post‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 April 2024:

     Gore’s dad took him deer-hunting, says aide Jano Cabrero, but didn’t know if the veep ever bagged a Bambi.

   • 2005 November 28, Luke Crisell, “New Björk”, in New York‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 August 2006:

     Instead of lounging on a sandy beach, Björk and Barney split their time between Iceland and New York, where Barney has an apartment downtown and Björk owns a house upstate “in the forest, with the Bambis.”

   • 2006 July 20, Judith Warner, “Loosen the Apron Strings”, in The New York Times‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2018:

     Parents today, apparently, don’t want their kids out in the wilds, where they might walk in the paths of potentially tick-bearing Bambis.

   • 2018 April 3, Post Editorial Board, “The birds and the bees are bucking NYC’s deer-control program”, in New York Post‎^[5], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 April 2018:

     In nature, predators limit deer populations, but the top predator in these parts won’t put up with wolves or other deer-killers — and urban liberal sensibilities quail at just shooting the Bambis.

   • 2018 November 1, Eric Sondheimer, “Hank Bachmeier takes his record-setting ways, and humility, into the playoffs”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[6], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 November 2018:

     “I saw seven deer last night and a couple of baby Bambis,” he said about his route home.

• “Bambi”, in Collins English Dictionary.

• Bambi (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bambi, Angola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia