Grimes And Elon Musk’s Baby Name ‘X Æ A-12’ Almost Definitely Won’t Be Allowed By The Government
If they submit that name, the baby will likely never get a birth certificate, which, uh, is a problem.
Grimes and Elon Musk’s new baby, born earlier this week, is named ‘X Æ A-12’. Or, at least, it is for now, as it’s extremely unlikely California, where the couple live, will accept the name.
For the record, the name is almost an acronym, with each letter pointing towards some bigger meaning/things the musician and technocrat love, including AI, an aircraft and a song called ‘Archangel’. Between the mass confusion and incredulous memes, a Musk sub-Reddit user has suggested it’s pronounced ‘Sasha Archangel’, which we might get some confirmation of eventually.
•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
Then again, maybe not, as TMZ point out that Grimes and Musk, even with all his money, might struggle to get their baby’s name registered with their state government, given it doesn’t accept symbols or numbers in a name. PEOPLE Magazine has gone the extra hard yards and chatted to a family law attorney David Glass about it, who reckons the name isn’t technically illegal but will be rejected.
This is a problem, as it’d cause difficulties for their baby down the line if they didn’t submit another name (even if they continued to call their child ‘X Æ A-12’ in everyday life).
“I don’t think you can say it’s illegal — it just won’t be accepted,” Glass told PEOPLE. “So your child won’t have an official name and won’t have a birth certificate and you can’t get a social security number until you have a birth certificate and on down the line.”
He says that even umlauts or accents aren’t recognised, let alone numbers or Roman numerals, and it’s unlikely to change any time soon — even with Musk’s might.
“They have an opportunity to appeal the rejection of the birth certificate application but it’s unlikely that it will be granted because, again, California … has been struggling with using symbols,” Glass said.
“They tried to change the [rule] back in 2014 to allow certain characters, accents or umlauts — those sorts of things — and the bill got dropped because [of the cost] to upgrade their computer systems to allow these accents.”
In reaction to her acrostic explanation of what the name meant, Grimes said she hopes the baby “vibes” with the fact “it sounds like the name of the main character in the story”.
I think it sounds like the name of the main character in the story 🪐 I hope he vibes with that.
Ok, going back into the pain/ beauty reverie for sum time, just came on to add my thoughts. Peace to all 🤍-🐉🐷🐁— ꧁ ༒ Gℜiꪔ⃕es ༒꧂ 🍓🐉🎀 小仙女 (@Grimezsz) May 6, 2020