Elon Musk and singer Grimes made the birth of their first son together public last Tuesday, revealing that they’ve named him X Æ A-12.
It’s now up to the fans to figure out how to say that.
People all over social media are busy deciding how that string of letters, numbers and a special character might be pronounced.
According to some, the a-e character called Æ is supposed to be pronounced as “Ash” and the X might point towards the X in SpaceX.
Some have speculated that the strange name might be inspired by Grime’s songs from her latest album 4ÆM.
Others have tried to link the name to Lockheed A-12, the predecessor of the world’s fastest air-breathing manned vehicle SR-71 Blackbird.
It remained a mystery for the fans whether Musk was serious about the name of his son or was it just a prank for his fans. One follower even said that the name would be “tough on the teacher.”
Shortly after Musk announced the birth of his son, he shared a photo of himself holding the baby with a tattoo filter applied to the newborn’s face.
Announcing the arrival of his baby on Monday evening, Musk wrote on Twitter: “Mom & baby all good.”
One Twitter user translated the name X Æ A-12 Musk, saying: “X for SpaceX, AE for After Earth and A-12 for the original SR-71 designation which was the first reusable vehicle to go to space.”
Another one gathered a number of references and deduced that the name meant: “Ash Lockheed Musk. Final Answer.”
While some of the Twitter users were trying to decode the name, for others it was just too difficult to comprehend.
A Twitter user, unable to decipher the name, jokingly said: “Musk: We name our baby X Æ A-12 Midwife: Sir our bracelet printer won’t print that Musk: Let me fix that for you, have this Midwife: Sir that is a submarine.”
Another tweeted: “But pronounced “Musk” because the X Æ A-12 is silent.”
A third one replied to Musk’s tweet, saying: “That’s gonna be tough on the teacher”
Another one, seemingly confused by the unfathomably complex name simplified it, saying: “It’s pronounced ‘Rachel’.”
Another fan opined: “That awkward moment when all names are taken, so you smash all the keys on the keyboard.”
Musk shared the photos of his newborn son and his mother on Tuesday.
This is Elon Musk’s sixth child. He already has five sons from his last marriage named Griffin, Xavier, Kai, Saxon, and Damian.
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