Celebrity baby names are always unique, to say the least. We’ve had Apple, Buddy Bear, Blanket, Blue Ivy, and let’s not get started on the Kardashian/Jenner baby names (I love you Khloe, but True? Really?). Now, Grimes and Elon Musk have blessed us with their son, X Æ A-12. It’s certainly an… interesting choice. If you’re sitting there thinking “…what?”, you’re not alone.
Grimes has offered us confused souls a breakdown of what the name means, but it doesn’t actually clear anything up for us and we have no idea how the heck it’s actually pronounced.
•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 ༒꧂ 🍓🐉🎀 小仙女 (@Grimezsz) May 6, 2020
Twitter Wins At WTF Reactions
I’m trying to guess how it could be pronounced (x-ayee-a twelve?), but until they tell us themselves, here are some of the most hilarious WTF reactions to the name:
the nurse when grimes and elon said to put “X Æ A-12” on the birth certificate pic.twitter.com/12lX6kWd3L
— ♏︎ (@vxxxdhxxx) May 6, 2020
Elon Musk and Grimes coming up with X Æ A-12 be like pic.twitter.com/4EUlOxBXsq
— Pain💔 (@DrippedOutPain) May 6, 2020
grimes’s friend from highschool meets X Æ A-12 for the first time :3 #grimes #elonmuskbaby pic.twitter.com/bxb2xJS7PD
— spencer (@playedbygod) May 6, 2020
the substitute when he asks elon and grimes’ kid for her name and she says “sasha archangel” while pointing at X Æ A-12 pic.twitter.com/hixTkdUm19
— mitch 🏳️🌈 (@micheIIej) May 6, 2020
Grimes: What’s that sound?
Elon Musk: It’s the baby. He’s crying
X Æ A-12: pic.twitter.com/hyyD8vt4RT
— Professor Procrastination (@acf3301) May 6, 2020
Grimes: Son! It’s time to wake up
X Æ A-12: pic.twitter.com/Dvo1nNLm4A
— Juan Delgado Jr (@Juan_Billion) May 6, 2020
Grimes: Omg his first steps! 😍
X Æ A-12: pic.twitter.com/H9AKzGCdq7
— Andres (@andresparra117) May 6, 2020
grimes: elon, X Æ A-12 is acting up again
elon: hold up, lemme give him a software update
pic.twitter.com/W7gpyoVgVS— ♏︎ (@vxxxdhxxx) May 6, 2020
teacher: timothée chalamet?
timothée: here
teacher: fyodor mikhailovich dostoevsky?
fyodor: present
teacher: X Æ A-12?
X Æ A-12: yes
teacher: and… steven yuen? yeen?
steven: it’s actually pronounced yeun-
teacher: go back to china— William Yu (@its_willyu) May 5, 2020
X Æ A-12: Mom, what does my name mean or stand for?
Grimes: Umm
X Æ A-12:pic.twitter.com/lIXllLcoit
— #1 love song fan (@moneypowerldr) May 6, 2020
Brb, currently dying of laughter at these reactions and can no longer breathe.
Image Source: Instagram (@grimesofwar), Unsplash (Florian Olivo)
