Where did the name "Blinx" come from?

[kentaku]

Ok so after wondering whether the name blinx was made up or not, I decided to do a bit of research online

At first I figured it was probably just a made up name by the creators due to the strange conlang spoken in the first game. However, turns out that the name "Blinx" is apparently not made up based on what I found. Basically, the name "Blinx" comes from a very obscure swedish (or possibly english) name, "Blinks". As for the meaning of it, all I found was that it was possibly a soldier's name and could possibly be the same as the herbaceous annual plant called "Blinks" or "Water-Blinks"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinks
other than that, it could be related to the name "Binx" which comes from "Bink" which means "Bench"

All in all, the name is very obscure which is probably why artoon picked Blinx due to it's originality. Then again, it could be completely made up after all. I just thought you'd find this interesting.

[AngelicHearts]

Very interesting indeed! I never really thought about where his name came from before, but either way it's still a cool name. Perhaps there's some sort of Japanese meaning behind it... I'm too lazy to do the research, though. XD

[catgirl140]

(lol back again)

My personal opinion on it, because there is no official story or meaning, I think Artoon chose it for it's originality and rarity. Also, I researched earlier on Pelon's name and it's a boys name. It can be Spanish and Roman, quite uncomman name. All of the Time Sweeper's name are interesting. I'm going to search them up later.

[AngelicHearts]

Some people are still debating whether or not Pelon's a boy or a girl... Either way, all of the names are quite original. =) It's a shame that the series wasn't continued. I would've loved to see more of the characters and whatnot.

[DigitalDuck]

Well, I can tell a few characters from my fairly basic knowledge of Japanese:

"Mina" is obviously from 皆 (mina), meaning "all"; makes sense for a Goddess.

"NecoJi" is from 猫 (neko), meaning "cat", and 時 (ji), meaning "time".

No idea on any others, though. Picaro looks like it might be based on Japanese too (ピカ, pika, the sound made by electricity, + something else?)

[catgirl140]

Thanks!
NecoJi's and Mina's name does makes sense. :3 We need some sort of database so we can keep this infomation. XD

[AngelicHearts]

There's a Blinx wiki somewhere... I might post the link to it later.

[catgirl140]

I know where that is, just found it. XD