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Before Elon Musk’s X Æ A-XII, the weirdest celebrity baby names from Zowie Bowie to Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s son Sir Carter
STORYTracey Furniss
- Grimes and Musk had to change their firstborn’s name from X Æ A-12 to X Æ A-XII – pronounced ‘Kyle’ – but these other A-list parents have been equally creative
- Michael Jackson’s nephew is called Jermajesty and Frank Zappa’s kids include Moon Unit, Dweezil and Diva Muffin – why did Kate Winslet name her son Bear Blaze?
Remember when Elon Musk and Grimes tried to name their baby X Æ A-12? Turns out that did not fly with the powers that be.
So now the celeb baby boy, born May 12, is called X Æ A-XII, which – despite meaning unknown variable, artificial intelligence, precursor to the couples’ favourite aircraft and the song Archangel – is apparently pronounced “Kyle”. Who would have guessed?
OK, so far, so kooky – but the tech billionaire and pop iconoclast aren’t the first famous parents to cook up a weird baby name …
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Moon Unit, Dweezil and Diva Muffin
Celebrities gifting their children with unconventional names really became a thing in the late 1960s and early 70s, with the maverick musician Frank Zappa naming his daughter Moon Unit, 53, now known as Moon.
Meanwhile firstborn son Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa preferred his nickname Dweezil so much he made it his official name – a fitting moniker for a guitarist keeping his dad’s legacy alive, now aged 51. His younger sister was named Diva Muffin – not a nickname.
Zowie Bowie
Then there was David Bowie and first wife Angie, whose son Zowie Bowie is a film producer now known as Duncan Jones. But his parents gave him that choice, as they named him Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones. What foresight.
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