Where did the name “Bimbo” come from?
The most common premise is that the name was a combination ofbingo(the famedletters and numbersgame) and Bambi, thecaptivatingfoal from the Walt Disney animated film.
The most common premise is that the name was a combination ofbingo(the famedletters and numbersgame) and Bambi, thecaptivatingfoal from the Walt Disney animated film.
The nameBimbofirst appears on a list of proposalsfounders drafted in 1943. It merited circling in competition with suggestions such asPan Rex, Pan NSE (“Nutritivo, Sabroso y Económico”), Sabrosoy, Pan Lirio, Pan NieveandPan Azteca.
Sometime later the foundersfound outthat in colloquial Italian, children (“bambini”) were also calledbimbo,aHungarian word that means “cocoon” or “bud.” Even more surprising is that in China, a phonemethat soundslike“bimbo” means bread.