SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and musician Grimes welcomed their first child together on Tuesday. The tech billionaire shared the photo of his newborn son with the world and after being asked to reveal the name of his son has baffled everyone. The choice of name for the child has stumped everyone and they’ve been coming up with memes as well as explanations for it on social media.
When people started asking for the child’s name, Musk informed his 33.7 million followers on Twitter that his son’s name would be ‘X Æ A-12’. He later returned on Twitter to say the baby had been born and both mother and child are “all good.”
We need the name we literally need it https://t.co/ZnhOxf3vfn
— Colombiana (@priscillabanana) May 5, 2020
He also obliged his fans with a picture of his son.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
However, the name left everyone surprised as people wondered how to pronounce it and what does it mean. The baby’s name opened the floodgates on several memes. Take a look below.
the nurse when grimes and elon said to put “X Æ A-12” on the birth certificate pic.twitter.com/12lX6kWd3L
— (@vxxxdhxxx) May 6, 2020
Good choice e*log(Musk).
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) May 6, 2020
Your kid's name must contain at least one lowercase letter, one capital letter and one number.
— jesuisG (@jesuisvalery1) May 5, 2020
elon musk and grimes baby when they ask it how to pronounce it’s name on the first day of preschool #XAEA12 pic.twitter.com/kzUGFJSN63
— (@lietome_irwin) May 6, 2020
Elon Musk and Grimes son coming into their bedroom to tell them he threw up #XAEA12 pic.twitter.com/jw4vxfUmzI
— (@okokalrightZain) May 6, 2020
X-Æ-A12 walking to school at an ungodly hour of 3AM #XAEA12 pic.twitter.com/IZM5kVLU6Q
— brenn e n (@brennendownes) May 6, 2020
Teacher: “How do you pronounce your name?
X Æ A-12: pic.twitter.com/fGH4fcNK7k
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) May 6, 2020
Omg I figured out how to pronounce X Æ A-12 pic.twitter.com/ppfE0x8Nfh
— Ben Yahr (@benyahr) May 5, 2020
Elon Musk: You're grounded. Go to your sleep chamber.
X Æ A-12: pic.twitter.com/mAjTKqKHF3
— all good (@poop420guy69) May 6, 2020
Elon: check the email I sent you
email security: are you a robot?
X Æ A-12: pic.twitter.com/8RznFr0WZ2
— the finesse kid (@ameentheking) May 6, 2020
elon and grimes: X Æ A-12! come downstairs its time for dinner!
X Æ A-12's dinner: pic.twitter.com/yLg6E7LKGd
— DitzyFlama (@DitzyFlama) May 6, 2020
Grimes: Son! It’s time to wake up
X Æ A-12: pic.twitter.com/Dvo1nNLm4A
— Juan Delgado Jr (@Juan_Billion) May 6, 2020
the substitute when he asks elon and grimes’ kid for her name and she says “sasha archangel” while pointing at X Æ A-12 pic.twitter.com/hixTkdUm19
— mitch (@micheIIej) May 6, 2020
When X Æ A-12 heard his name first time . pic.twitter.com/FuexWBPeot
— (@iStormbreaker_) May 6, 2020
#ElonMusk after named his child
"X Æ A-12". pic.twitter.com/rTI9fOM0Bj— Gujarati Chhokro (@pubgkadeewana) May 6, 2020
This is how Elon Musk came up his son's name - "X Æ A-12" pic.twitter.com/BVV7R2AIyF
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 6, 2020
Elon Musk right now must be installing
Antivirus in His newborn son X Æ A-12 to protect him from getting infected with virus.#XAEA12 pic.twitter.com/SB976OrgAb— ibnewasi (@ibnewasi) May 6, 2020
However, soon pop star and mother of the child Grimes stepped in to explain the name’s meaning and how they came up with it in a tweet.
•X, the unknown variable
•Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence)
•A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent
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(A=Archangel, my favorite song)
( metal rat)— Gℜies (@Grimezsz) May 6, 2020
However, that did not do much good and people are still bewildered on the choice of name for the newborn child. Many people thought it to be an elaborate joke.
(Source: Twitter)
