Grimes reveals she had to tone down her baby’s name to comply with laws

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When we first heard Elon Musk and Grimes’ newborn babies name, we have to admit we didn’t really know how to pronounce it and to be honest, we’re still not fully sure.

However, it seems that California State Law also has some rules around the bizarre name they gave their child, which was X Æ A-12 (pronounced ‘Ex Ash A Twelve’).

The law states that there are to be no Indo-Arabic numerals in names and so the number 12 can’t legally be a name, meaning the pair had to make some changes.

Singer Grimes revealed in her Instagram comments that their child’s name is now written X Æ A-Xii, substituting in the Roman numerals signifying ’12.’ This reveal came after an Instagram user asked: ‘Did you change the baby name because of Californian laws?