Bambi ranks #242 with 457 entries and is one of the most cinema-anchored pet names in the entire chart. Disney's Bambi (1942) gave the name its meaning in American culture — gentle, doe-eyed, slightly fragile — and pet owners pick it knowing exactly what register they are signing up for.
The Disney lineage
The 1942 film established Bambi as shorthand for big-eyed innocent young things, and the name has carried that register ever since. Pet Bambis are almost always given to dogs and cats with notably large or expressive eyes: Chihuahuas, dachshunds, deer-like Italian greyhounds, big-eyed cats. The visual logic and the cultural anchor reinforce each other.
One counter-reading: "Bambi" picked up secondary slang associations from the 1980s and 1990s (Tiffanys-and-Bambis stripper-name shorthand) that some owners want to avoid. Most pet owners report the slang reading is faint enough that it does not interfere with the original Disney meaning, but it is worth being aware of.
The visual-deer route
Italian greyhounds, Whippets, deer-coated Boxers, and small fawn-colored dogs over-index strongly for Bambi. The name names a specific visual — fawn legs, big eyes, slight delicacy — and dogs that look the part receive it disproportionately. The Italian greyhound page shows the cluster well.
Sound and adjacent picks
Two syllables (BAM-bee), front-stressed, with a strong B-opener and the universal -ee diminutive. Recall is excellent. Owners cross-shopping delicate-female pet names often consider Daisy alongside Bambi. Gender skew is heavily female, and the name's specific cinema visual makes it one of the few picks where the pet's appearance genuinely unlocks or blocks the name choice.