what is elon musk kids name?

The name of the baby girl has a complex meaning and it definitely sounds like something from a different time and era. Even the Canadian singer confirmed the same.

The singer, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, shared that she and the SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO, who Grimes refers to as her boyfriend, had welcomed a daughter. She shared the news with Vanity Fair first for its April issue.

While Grimes was reluctant to reveal this news initially, Devin Gordon, the journalist who was interviewing her for the April issue, overheard an infant crying during their conversation at Grimes’ home and asked her about it.

The Canadian singer also added: “I’m not at liberty to speak on these things. Whatever is going on with family stuff, I just feel like kids need to stay out of it and X is just out there.”

Grimes explained that Exa is “a reference to the supercomputing term exaFLOPS (the ability to perform 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second)” while Dark represents “the unknown. People fear it but truly it’s the absence of photons. Dark matter is the beautiful mystery of our universe.”

As far as Sideræl is concerned, it is derived from Grimes’ favourite Lord of the Rings character, Galadriel, as well as an ‘elven’ spelling of sidereal. She further said that Sideræl is “the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time.”

Grimes and Elon Musk are known (outside of music and the tech industry, respectively) for giving their children unique names.

The Canadian singer (born Claire Elise Boucher) has kept information about their daughter Exa Dark Sideræl Musk relatively private since the baby was born via surrogate in December.

At the time, she revealed in a Vanity Fair profile that Exa Dark Sideræl was also called "Y" for short.

Grimes explained the single letter moniker in a tweet on Thursday. "She's Y now, or 'Why?' or just '?' (But the government won't recognize that)," she wrote.

Previously:Grimes accidentally reveals she and Elon Musk welcomed a secret second child via surrogate

The child's name is meant to represent "curiosity, the eternal question, .. and such," she added.

Grimes and the Tesla CEO are also parents to 2-year-old X Æ A-XII, nicknamed "X."

When Grimes initially shared the couple's daughter's name in December, she revealed that she and Musk also call their daughter Sailor Mars, a nod to the "Sailor Moon" manga series. Exa Dark Sideræl was a compromise for the parents.

“I was fighting for Odysseus Musk,” she told Vanity Fair. “A girl named Odysseus is my dream.”

'X Æ A-12 Musk':Grimes, Elon Musk explain the backstory of new baby boy's name

"Exa is a reference to the supercomputing term exaFLOPS (the ability to perform one quintillion floating-point operations per second)," Vanity Fair reporter Devin Gordon explained. Dark is “the unknown. People fear it but truly it’s the absence of photons. Dark matter is the beautiful mystery of our universe,” Grimes told the outlet.

She later texted Gordon a voice memo with the pronunciation of Sideræl – “sigh-deer-ee-el” – both a nod to her favorite "Lord of the Rings" character, Galadriel, and described it as “a more elven” spelling of sidereal, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."

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Grimes and Elon Musk quietly welcomed their second child via surrogate late last year, opting for yet another unique baby name.

The exes – who also share son X Æ A-12 (aka “X”) – named their daughter Exa Dark Sideræl.

Knowing it would already cause confusion among fans, Grimes explained how to pronounce the “fire” moniker in her new cover story for Vanity Fair.

While “Exa” and “Dark” are phonetically pronounced as expected, Grimes clarified that Sideræl is pronounced “sigh-deer-ee-el.”

Exa is in reference to the supercomputing term exaFLOPS (the ability to perform 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second), while Dark, according to Grimes, represents “the unknown.”

“People fear it but truly it’s the absence of photons,” she explained. “Dark matter is the beautiful mystery of our universe.”

As for Sideræl, Grimes said it’s “a more elven” spelling of sidereal, “the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time.”

Grimes added that the full name she and Musk settled on required compromise on her part, as the eccentric songwriter feared Exa was a bit too dull.

“I was fighting for Odysseus Musk,” she shared. “A girl named Odysseus is my dream.”

Grimes and Musk – who were once “fluid” partners, but split once again sometime after the interview was conducted – publicly questioned each other’s explanations of their first child’s name back in 2020.

Musk also shares five teenage sons with ex-wife Justine Wilson: Damian, Saxon, Griffin, Xavier and Kai. Their son Nevada died of sudden infant death syndrome when he was just 10 weeks old.

Elon Musk and his girlfriend Grimes announced the birth of their baby boy last May.

The billionaire Tesla CEO replied to one of his Twitter followers to reveal that Grimes was in labour.

“A few hours away!” Musk tweeted, later adding: “Mom & baby all good.”

When asked to reveal the name of his son, Musk tweeted: “X Æ A-12 Musk.”

At first it was not clear if Musk was joking about the name, or if he was being cryptic. It later turned out he was being serious.

After the name was announced, speculation arose that it might fall foul of the law in California, where the couple live, as names can only use the 26 alphabetical characters of the English language, according to the state constitution.

Grimes then confirmed that they had changed the name to “X Æ A-Xii”, adding: “Roman numerals. Looks better tbh.”

Meaning

Explaining the meaning behind the name, Grimes said “X” stands for “the unknown variable”. Meanwhile, “Æ” is the Elven spelling of AI, which is shorthand for artificial intelligence and the word for “love” in several languages, such as Japanese.

“A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favourite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent,” she added. The “A” in the name also represents “Archangel”, the title of a song by Burial that she has previously described as her favourite.

Pronunciation

Grimes and Musk seem to have different ideas of how to pronounce the name. “It’s just X, like the letter X. Then AI. Like how you said the letter A then I,” Grimes said.

Description Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter; founder of the Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the philanthropic Musk Foundation. Wikipedia

The Tesla CEO and the musician's first child was called X Æ A-12, which they just refer to as "X", and they have named their second child Exa Dark Sideræl.

During an interview with Vanity Fair, in which Grimes revealed that they had welcomed a second child into the world via surrogate, she explained how to pronounce their new child's name.

The first two names - "Exa" and "Dark" - are pronounced as expected, Grimes has revealed that "Sideræl" is pronounced "sigh-deer-ee-el."

The reason behind the choice of Exa is that it pays homage to the supercomputing term exaFLOPS, which is the ability to perform one quintillion floating-point operations per second.

Grimes then explains that Dark is supposed to represent "the unknown."

"People fear it but truly it's the absence of photons," she explained. "Dark matter is the beautiful mystery of our universe."

When it comes to the Sideræl name, Grimes explains that it is "a more elven" way of spelling sidereal, which is "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."

While the names Exa, Dark and Sideræl are all uncommon, Grimes confesses that there had to be some compromise between herself and Elon Musk, as she wanted a different name to "Exa".

"I was fighting for Odysseus Musk," she revealed. "A girl named Odysseus is my dream."

Elon Musk and Grimes were once described as being "fluid" partners, however the Canadian singer has stated that since the time of her Vanity Fair interview, they have broken up once again.