Tech billionaire Elon Musk and musician Grimes have welcomed their first child together, a baby boy born Monday night. Musk shared photos of the baby on Monday, and confirmed that both Grimes and the baby are doing well.
But the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has already caused confusion over the baby's name: "X Æ A-12 Musk," according to a tweet from Musk himself.
While it's not clear if Musk was joking or not, many of his and Grimes' fans have interpreted the name is something of a riddle, floating their best guesses for what the string of characters means. AdvertisementOne Twitter user interpreted the name as "X Ash Archangel" — Æ is pronounced "ash," and "Archangel" was the internal codename for the CIA's A-12 aircraft. Musk liked the following tweet, leading people to believe it's the right guess:
—Viv (@flcnhvy) May 5, 2020
Another person guessed the X related to Genesis, after the book in the Bible.
—Tierney Mannion (@tierney_mannion) May 5, 2020Another theory used some math to come up with the name: X is the Roman numeral for 10, J is the tenth letter of the alphabet, and if you count backwards to 12 from the letter "A," you get the letter O. Advertisement
—Janne — #TeaMelon May the 4th be with you (@langejanne) May 5, 2020
As one person pointed out, if the baby's name is "X," Musk already owns the domain name for it: in 2017, he bought back the domain X.com, which was the website for his second-ever company.
—Ales Rebec (@alesrebec) May 5, 2020
And if the name Musk tweeted is true, it may have been in the works for a long time: one person noted the Latin character "Æ" also appears in a song from Grimes' recent album.
—Tanisha (@VivaTanisha) May 5, 2020Musk and Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, revealed they were dating in May 2018, almost exactly two years before the birth of their baby. Musk has five other sons with his first wife, author Justine Musk: twins named Griffin and Xavier, and triplets named Damian, Saxon, and Kai.
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