Meaning & Story
From Old Norse, meaning 'water sprite' or 'nixie' — a supernatural water being in Germanic folklore, also used as a short, punchy word meaning nothing or zero.
Nix packs a lot of punch into three letters. It draws from Germanic folklore, where the Nix (or Nixie) is a shapeshifting water spirit — beautiful, mysterious, and occasionally mischievous. In everyday English, 'nix' also means to cancel or reject something outright, giving the name a slightly rebellious edge. For a pet, Nix works brilliantly for a sleek, quick, hard-to-catch companion — one who seems to materialize out of thin air and disappears just as fast. It's a bold, minimalist name with real mythological depth.