Elon Musk and Grimes CAN’T call their baby X Æ A-12 as California law BANS symbols in names
ELON Musk and Grimes can’t call their baby X Æ A-12 as California law BANS symbols in names, according to reports.
The Tesla boss and his Canadian singer partner revealed the unusual moniker after announcing their baby news on social media this week.
It is against the law in California – where the baby was born – to include numbers or symbols in a name, according to a supervisor at the Department of Public Health Vital Records Office in Los Angeles.
The law states names must only include the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
But the name the new parents were apparently hoping for does not meet that criteria, having only two actual letters in it.
She tweeted on Tuesday evening to explain, writing: "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 + (A=Archangel, my favorite song)."
The bizarre name revelation came after 48, posted a cute snap of their sleeping baby using a face tattoo filter, as well as one of him cradling the newborn at the hospital on Twitter.
The , who has five sons from his previous marriage, could be seen cuddling his infant son, who was swaddled in blankets.
The name, , appeared to be partially inspired by one of the songs from her last album - 4ÆM.
The Canadian native with a photo in which a baby appeared to be superimposed on her stomach.
She wrote: "I thought about censoring them [her nipples] for a hot minute haha (this may get taken down anyway) but the photo is so much less feral without the nipples.
"Plus being knocked up is a very feral & war-like state of being. Might as well be what it is."
The birth of their son coincides with Musk announcing in a he would sell "almost all" of his physical possessions and "will own no house."
He admitted to his 33 million followers that for selling off his stuff while she gives birth to their first child together.
Elon - who has - appeared to send a caveat about the second home to future buyers on Twitter.
"Just one stipulation on sale: I own Gene Wilder's old house. I cannot be torn down or lose any (sic) its soul," Musk tweeted.