Meaning & Story
Binx is a modern invented name that rose to wider pet-name awareness primarily through Thackery Binx, the black cat protagonist of the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, who is a young boy transformed into an immortal cat by the Sanderson Sisters. The origin of the name Binx in the film is unexplained, but it has an Anglo-Saxon surname quality that suggests an Old English or early modern English root. As a pet name it is now almost exclusively associated with black cats.
Binx is the quintessential Halloween cat name, beloved by a generation of Hocus Pocus fans who have been waiting for the right black cat to arrive in their lives. It suits a male companion with quick intelligence, an independent streak, and a certain air of mystery, the kind of cat who seems to know things he is not telling you. Beyond the film connection, the crisp single syllable is satisfying to say and carries a vaguely old-world English character. Whether or not your companion is actually black, Binx is a name for a cat with a story.