Twitter Reacts to Grimes Naming Her Son X Æ A-12

Meme: @Blasayee

BY Allie Gregory and Josiah HughesPublished May 6, 2020

Earlier this week, Grimes and tech billionaire Elon Musk welcomed their first-born child. Later the couple revealed they have chosen to name the baby X Æ A-12. They've since explained the outlandish nomenclature for their fans online, but that hasn't stopped the entertainment world from clowning the absolute shit out of them for choosing something so odd.

Once Twitter caught wind of baby X's full name, as you would expect, basically everyone decided to turn it into countless cyborg memes poking fun at his parents' respective occupations and eccentricities. 

Let's make this clear: we are not here to make fun of an actual baby — Twitter has proved it already has that on lock. Instead, we'd like to present the cream of the meme crop for you to decide for yourself which side of the fence you fall on.

Should Grimes and Elon change the baby's name? Or should X be allowed to continue violating California naming laws against deviating from the 26 letters of the alphabet?

See some of Twitter's various reactions to baby X Æ A-12's wacky name below.
 

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