Bambi for a girl?

[shuz1980]

What do you think of Bambi for a girls name?

Reminds me of the Disney deer. Not really a name for a human.

@DalPalak

Isn't baby girl "bambina" in Italian? That's not used as a proper name though. It's just an odd choice. I would find Bambi quite a burdensome name to live with.

If you want something with a similar meaning, Alannah is a beautiful option.

Correct. Bambino is a male baby.

Never heard Bambi used as a name in Italy.

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You could be going to Italy 6 times a year but if you're bringing your dd up in the UK the rest of the time then it's a no

Bambos is a male name and so I know a Bambi - but he has surname of the same heritage and makes sense.

Bambi is not used in Italy.

Imagine if she was fat and built like a rugby player? It would be awful for her.

@ShonkyCat I’ve never heard anyone say Bambi for bambina/bimba but it could be regional dialect I suppose.

Interestingly Bambi is based on a book by an Austrian. OP, if you have a boy next time call him Pinocchio, at least Collodi was Italian.

My niece is Amber and we call her Bambi as a nickname- could be an alternative?

I agree with others though, not as first name

Definitely not

She'll be left trying to constantly battle the notion that she's a baby and a joke. 1. Give her a chance. 2. Grow up and realise she isn't going to be some cute little doll you can tote about forever.

Nope, not Italian for anything- unless there’s a teeny rare regional dialect somewhere. Even so, they’d pronounce it Bum-bi. Not so great in English.

If you go ahead and name her this, please god don’t tell her it’s legit in Italian. She’ll believe it, and spend her life discovering- one Italian person at a time- that it isn’t at all.

In my neighbourhood a girl called Bambi would be looked on with great sympathy, and score a strong nickname early on as a kindness. So not Bam Bam, probably.

@shuz1980

Bambi is an Italian girls name that means baby girl. Thanks for all the feedback though.

Bambina is shortened to bimba I believe (not italian so may be wrong here)

Great, Sister for Pluto and Popeye.

Please don't.

You could go for the very popular in Ireland Fiadh (Feea), which I understand can mean deer, not a fawn though. But there's a thought, Fawn. Bambi for an adult woman would be quite a cross to bear.

You can't name a child "Baby" - they are going to grow up and have to carry this name through adulthood not just infancy.

I know a very pretty cat called Bambi - maybe save it for a pet?

No.

But are you in Italy/Italian OP?

Why's that relevant? Have you seriously never encountered people in the UK with non English names?

What about Chiara or Sofia?

I immediately thought of Bambi Gascoigne in the Young Ones. But you're not really serious OP.... Are you??

You cannot call your child “baby girl”.

My feeling is it is far too babyish.

A friend of mine used to call his wife bambi. She was. Beautiful and elegant and clever etc. Etc. So by all means as a nickname it's cute but as an actual name, hell no!