# If Bambi is male... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870 "2011-03-16T02:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/41 "2011-03-17T14:55:56Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Have you ever seen the movie? He has horns in the second half; he even fights using them. come to think of it, ya i have not. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/42 "2011-03-17T15:01:16Z")
> [@Susanann](#): > > I hate to disillusion all you people, but Bambi is a sexless fictional cartoon character. > > (Likewise, Tinker Bell, Peter Pan, and the Great Pumpkin are also fictional) Obviously. This is threadshitting, so please don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/43 "2011-03-17T15:12:49Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Has anyone actually met a woman named or nicknamed ‘Bambi’? Not a working name for someone in the, ah, entertainment field, but an actual nickname? > > – > If he’d been named Sergei, it would have been a completely different movie. Sergei is badass, unless you anglicize it into ‘Suergey.’ Then you’re a puss. I haven’t met[Lawrencia “Bambi” Bembenek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Bembenek). Sad story though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Edie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Little\_Edie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Edie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/44 "2011-03-17T18:06:55Z")
Not to get political in a thread about a cartoon deer, but sometimes it feels like the second anything gets tainted with femininity (a name, a style, a sport) it’s forever consigned to that “side.” You see that a lot with male names given to girls (pretty sure I even read a thread about it here). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/45 "2011-03-17T18:11:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Not to get political in a thread about a cartoon deer, but sometimes it feels like the second anything gets tainted with femininity (a name, a style, a sport) it’s forever consigned to that “side.” You see that a lot with male names given to girls (pretty sure I even read a thread about it here). “Bunny” used to be a _male_ nickname. And “Beverly” and “Gale” used to be more common as male than as female names. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/46 "2011-03-17T18:17:00Z")
> [@Little\_Edie](#): > > Not to get political in a thread about a cartoon deer, but sometimes it feels like the second anything gets tainted with femininity (a name, a style, a sport) it’s forever consigned to that “side.” You see that a lot with male names given to girls (pretty sure I even read a thread about it here). That’s pretty much how it works. It’s well documented and there are many names that could be added to **CalMeacham** ’s list. ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/47 "2011-03-18T09:03:10Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Has anyone actually met a woman named or nicknamed ‘Bambi’? Not a working name for someone in the, ah, entertainment field, but an actual nickname? There’s an Air Force EOD tech (and a rather good-looking one, at that) who goes by Bambi. I’m pretty sure that’s her given name, but not entirely. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/48 "2011-03-18T18:52:56Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Can you think of any even semi-common male names in the US (define “in the US” as given to native-born boys, not children adopted from overseas) that both end in “i” and aren’t Hebrew in origin? I can’t. Boys tend to get Biblical names, most of which are Hebrew in origin–John, James, Peter, Thomas, Simon, etc. Today, a non-Jewish boy might be named Levi, although Ari still seems pretty Hebrew. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/49 "2011-03-18T19:50:28Z")
I know a guy that goes by “Bunny” not his real name but he was born on easter. Some mothers are wonderful and evil at the same time lol. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/50 "2011-03-18T20:10:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > So what if I did? I’m not apologising. My life collapsed after “Bambi”. I was a lovable fawn alright, unusable for anything else. I took the Babycham stuff, sure, thanks to Mike here, but… I was finished. When the porn “Bambi” came along, well, I thought, this is where I get something back… If it hadn’t been for the chance to present University Challenge and start a new life, I’d be giving executive relief to woodland creatures to this very day. Well, are you going to let us win? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/51 "2011-03-18T20:37:11Z")
“Amari” is climbing in popularity as a name for black boys (overall it’s now much more popular than “Ari”). ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/52 "2011-03-18T21:06:29Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Has anyone actually met a woman named or nicknamed ‘Bambi’? Not a working name for someone in the, ah, entertainment field, but an actual nickname? There was a professor named Bambi Hu where I went to college. I never had a class with him, but others told me that he was a man. I don’t know if it was his real name, but it appears in [official sources](http://www.uh.edu/search/directory/index.php?cmd=search&uid=E-hu@uh.edu). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870/53 "2011-03-19T01:29:51Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Well, are you going to let us win? No, of course not, the posh kids win, they always do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bambi-is-male/574870.md?page=2)