It is named after the catchphrase of the fictional character Dr. Sheldon Cooper from the television show The Big Bang Theory.

[1] Brazilian biologists André Nemésio of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia and Rafael R. Ferrari of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais identified the species as distinct, with his findings published in the December 2012 issue of the journal Zootaxa.

[3] The authors named the species in honor of the catchphrase of the character Sheldon Cooper, played by actor Jim Parsons, from the television show The Big Bang Theory.

[3] Nemésio said of the name, "Sheldon Cooper's favorite comic word 'bazinga', used by him when tricking somebody, was here chosen to represent the character.

[5] Euglossa bazinga has been identified in the central and northern areas of Mato Grosso, Brazil.