Elon Musk And Grimes Named Their Baby ‘X Æ A-12 Musk’ And Twitter Is Losing It
Elon Musk and Grimes (real name: Claire Elise Boucher) have welcomed a baby boy. The engineer and technology entrepreneur continuously updated his Twitter followers about the progress of Grimes’ labor with tweets like “A few hours away,” “Mom and baby all good,” and “boy” when asked what the sex of the baby is. He even posted a playful photo of the baby, adding tattoos to his face.
Mom & baby all good
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
When a fan asked what he and the Canadian singer named their child, Elon answered, “X Æ A-12 Musk.” According to Heavy, that name could be a number of things. “One of the theories is that the boy’s actual name is X Ash Archangel and Musk posted it in code.” They add, “In linguistics, Æ is known as a ligature, which combines two characters. This one means ‘ash,’ which could be a hint at the boy’s name.” Musk has not confirmed this, but liked a post about the theory on Twitter.
The outlet also states that the name means something else entirely. “Others believe that A-12 references the aircraft Lockheed A-12, which is known by its nickname ‘Archangel.'”
X Æ A-12 Musk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
Regardless of what the name means, Twitter is having an absolute field day with this one. Enjoy the tweets below.
society now that grimes’ baby was born https://t.co/OwTktM4WQm
— gwon (@yyxy127) May 5, 2020
grimes calling X Æ A-12 to clean his room
— Tin (@flawlessmorpher) May 5, 2020
https://t.co/Oq1MSz1Vri
https://twitter.com/yasminnn_p/status/1257647272512442369
https://twitter.com/milkz/status/1257662637447344128
Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure this is how you pronounce X AE A-12 pic.twitter.com/jxvfzSMRL6
— Paul Kelly (@Paulkelllly) May 5, 2020
Grimes: “the baby’s crying go feed him”
— damo 🫵 (@MFDAMO) May 5, 2020
Elon: “I can’t hear anything are you sure?”
X Æ A-12:https://t.co/6Z7dFpp2me
"My son is also named X Æ A-12."@iresimpsonsfans pic.twitter.com/cHWuFMj8hG
— Share & 🅴njoy (@Go_SYH_In_A_Pig) May 5, 2020
X Æ A-12 umbilical cord was definitely a usb cable. that baby doesn’t eat or sleep they just charge it
— helen (@helen) May 5, 2020
grimes: open wide! here comes the train!
— charlie (@FAGINISM) May 5, 2020
X Æ A-12:
https://t.co/eQDSsSJ6i4
Teacher: we've a new student in the classroom.
— Shan (@shanuddin889) May 5, 2020
X Æ A-12 introducing himself to the classroom: pic.twitter.com/JpekRcxsME
https://twitter.com/fake_jaris/status/1257686458128875526
X Æ A-12 when the kids in school pick on him: https://t.co/EUt6Bvn8Yz
— ali | علی (@theirnameisali) May 5, 2020