Grimes and Elon Musk Explain How to Pronounce Their Son’s Name, X Æ A-12

Grimes and Elon Musk revealed two days ago that the name of their son is X Æ A-12, which left their fans confused as to how the couple is going to call their child. Now, the couple explains how it should be pronounced.

Grimes Explains How X Æ A-12 is Pronounced

Grimes posted a photo on her Instagram on Wednesday, showing that she is the cover star of the latest Italian Vogue issue. She added a caption saying that since she gave birth this week, she did not realize that her Italian Vogue cover already came out. She is thanking the company because she was honored to be their cover, but she will be signing off for a bit because she has to recover from giving birth.

 

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Her post has allowed fans to ask her about her son's name and the correct way of pronouncing it. The Canadian singer answered, saying that it would start as "X" as in letter X, then to be followed by A.I. like how one reads letters A and I. Not as complicated as everyone thought it would be.

Elon Musk Explains How to Pronounce X Æ A-12

The SpaceX CEO revealed on "The Joe Rogan Experience" about how to pronounce their son's name, X Æ A-12. He started by saying that the name of their baby boy was Grimes' idea. He added by complimenting his beau, saying that she is "brilliant."

Then Musk explained that it should be read as "X" as in letter X then followed by Ash for the symbol Æ. The Tesla CEO continued saying that the "A-12" was his contribution, which came from Archangel 12, the precursor of SR-71, the coolest plane ever for him.

Finally, Elon Musk proudly said that he would call his son X Ash Archangel Twelve, which is a great name.

Grimes and Elon Musk Welcomed Their Son

The couple welcomed their son on May 4. They announced that the name of their son is X Æ A-12 two days after Grimes gave birth. The name confused their fans because it is unique; however, since the couple confirmed that it is the name that they wanted for their son, the next question the fans had was how they came up with it and how it should be pronounced.

Grimes tweeted the explanation of the name that they chose but David Glass, a family attorney, said that it might not be accepted by the Department of Public Health of the vital records office in Los Angeles because the California law does not allow any symbols and numbers to be used in their names.

Apart from the 26 characters of the English language, other characters such as roman numerals, numbers, accents, umlauts, or emojis are not accepted as part of a person's name. Thus, if the couple wants to use the name X Æ A-12 for their son, the child would not have a registered birth certificate and official name.

Glass added that the child could only get a social security number once his parents would resubmit a birth certificate with an approved name.