The tech billionaire Elon Musk and the musician Grimes have welcomed their first child together, a boy born Monday night. Musk shared photos of the baby on Monday and confirmed that both Grimes and the baby were doing well.
But the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has already caused confusion over the baby's name, which he tweeted was "X Æ A-12 Musk."
While it's not clear whether Musk was joking, many of his and Grimes' fans have interpreted the name as something of a riddle, floating their best guesses for what the string of characters means.
One 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 tweet, leading people to believe it was the right guess.
The tech billionaire Elon Musk and the musician Grimes have had their first baby together, and the world is a bit confused by his name.
When a follower asked Musk on Monday night what they'd named their new son, Musk replied, "X Æ A-12 Musk." He hasn't tweeted since or supplied any more information on what the name means.
Musk is a known Twitter prankster, frequently posting jokes and memes for his 33.6 million followers. He's also gotten into hot water for his reckless tweeting about things like taking Tesla private or calling a British cave diver who helped rescue a trapped Thai soccer team a "pedo guy." If the name he tweeted is a joke, it wouldn't be much of a surprise.
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Others have speculated that the string of characters Musk tweeted is a riddle or an equation that adds up to the actual name. One person guessed that the name is actually "X Ash Archangel," which Musk liked on Twitter.
But if X Æ A-12 is the baby's first name, we have a few clues about how it would be pronounced:
"X" could be pronounced like the letter, or, since it's the Roman numeral for 10, as "ten."
"Æ" is known as an ash, which could be the intended pronunciation here. The actual sound the symbol refers to is like the A in "cat" or "bad," according to Dictionary.com.
"A-12" pretty much speaks for itself. Some have guessed it's a reference to a CIA aircraft, while others have guessed it's a math equation: A-12=O.
Either way, we won't know what the true name is or how it's pronounced until Musk or Grimes decides to shed more light on the mystery.
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