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View Name: Bambi


BAMBI
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: BAM-bee   [key]
Meaning & History
Derived from Italian bambina meaning "young girl". The American novelist Marjorie Benton Cooke used it in her novel 'Bambi' (1914). This was also the name of a male deer in a cartoon by Walt Disney, which was based on a 1923 novel by Swiss author Felix Salten.
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