Elon Musk took to Twitter last night to confirm the birth of his son, with songstress girlfriend Grimes. This is their first child. After a fan asked the 48-year-old to share a picture of the baby, writing "We really need to see a picture of the baby!! Please do share," Musk proceeded to post a picture of the baby asleep in a blanket, covered with fake "tattoos", using a camera phone filter. <img class="size-full wp-image-12595652" src="https://img.vt.co/2020/05/a28694c9-screen-shot-2020-05-05-at-16.01.05.png" alt="" width="584" height="659" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Twitter / Elon Musk]] Grimes, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, gave birth to the baby boy on Monday, with Musk revealing the news to his 33.6 million Twitter followers by writing: "Mom & baby all good." He also disclosed that the baby's name is reportedly: "X Æ A-12." It is not yet clear if Musk was being serious about the name, but its unusual nature has prompted a flurry of tweets regarding its pronunciation. <a href="https://twitter.com/flcnhvy/status/1257538193911623681" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">One Twitter user</a> has suggested that it is pronounced, "X Ash Archangel". [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/flcnhvy/status/1257538193911623681?s=20]] The tweet, which explained the origins of the name, was liked by Musk, implying it could be correct. The Twitter user says that the name alludes to the Scandinavian alphabet, in which Æ is pronounced “ash”. Per <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/elon-musk-baby-name-pronounce-how-say-x-ae-a-12-grimes-child-a9499606.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Independent</a>, A-12 is known to be a reference to the Lockheed A-12, a CIA aircraft codenamed Archangel. <img class="size-full wp-image-12595619" src="https://img.vt.co/2020/05/38268675-pa-36409721-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="1656" height="2560" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: PA]] Musk and Grimes have been together for over two years, having made their public debut as a couple at the 2018 Met Gala. This year's Met Gala was due to take place last night but was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Watch as Madonna shares her thoughts on the novel coronavirus in a recent video:  [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/wpn3lq84-sKUnNGKf.mp4||wpn3lq84]] We are urging all of our readers to adhere to the advice from their respective governments and medical bodies, and practice social distancing and self-isolation where required. Together, we will beat this.

How to pronounce 'X Æ A-12', the name of Elon Musk and Grimes' baby

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