The man behind SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, welcomed a baby boy with girlfriend and Canadian singer Grimes (aka Claire Elise Boucher) on May 4 revealing that both the newborn and new mommy are happy and healthy. He has five other children Griffin, Xavier, Damian, Saxon, and Kai with his ex-wife Justine.
According to CNN, at the request of Twitter users, he shared pictures of his bundle of joy as well as his name.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
While a lot of parents are going for gender-neutral names off late, the couple’s cryptic choice left people of the internet puzzled.
X Æ A-12 Musk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
Needless to say, this unusual choice triggered a meme fest online. Here are the funniest ones.
https://twitter.com/sneeted/status/1257723335254978563
X Æ A-12 going to elon musk and grimes bedroom at 3 am to tell them he threw up pic.twitter.com/3pA1eE7fEe
— 𝔩í𝔩i (@peixoxoxo) May 6, 2020
Doctor : Its baby boy, have you thought of a name?
Elon musk : X Æ A-12
Baby :#XAEA12 pic.twitter.com/GLBY6EDTE5
— अपना Pun बहार 🚁 (@punditwaa) May 6, 2020
Me, trying to work out how to say the name of Elon Musk’s baby.#XAEA12 #ElonMusk pic.twitter.com/LbPtqY19cj
— Jamram. (@JoeJamram) May 5, 2020
“Your baby’s name must contain at least 1 uppercase letter, a number, punctuation and a letter from space to ensure secure connection” #XAEA12
— clóvis-19 (@popolemica) May 5, 2020
People , when #XAEA12 will tell them his name… #ElonMusk #XAEA12 pic.twitter.com/UmUz7pobj6
— Pranjal Pandey (@Me_ppranjal) May 6, 2020
According to BBC, when someone guessed that the pronunciation might be “X Ash Archangel”, Elon Musk liked his comment. Later though, Grimes shared a tweet decoding the meaning behind it.
•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)— ꧁ ༒ Gℜiꪔ⃕es ༒꧂ (@Grimezsz) May 6, 2020
USA Today reports that the name has 3 elements – the unknown variable X, the Latin character Ash and a CIA aircraft named Archangel. What do you make of it – creative or crazy?