In the biography of Elon Musk, the author said that the youngest 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 of the billionaire and singer Grimes was given the strange name Techno Mechanicus, but the year of 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 is unknown.
Walter Isaacson, who had regular contact with Elon Musk for three years to write his biography, was the first person to publicly announce that the couple had a third 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, after their first son 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in 2020 and a daughter 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in 2021.
The 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’s name is Techno Mechanicus, nicknamed Tau, but gender and age are not mentioned. According to the Cambridge dictionary, techno is the name of a genre of electronic music that has a fast tempo and steady rhythm and is also used to refer to people who are passionate about technology. According to World Of Dictionary, mechanicus can come from Greek and means mechanic.
Musk still maintains the habit of naming his 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with terms related to machinery and science. However, the couple has not specifically explained the 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’s name.
Elon Musk and Grimes. Photo: Reuters
In May 2020, Musk sparked curiosity when he named his son X Æ A-12. Because California state law does not allow names to have numbers, he had to change A-12 to A-Xii. In a post on Twitter, Grimes explained that X means “an unknown variable”, Æ stands for Grimes and A-12 is Musk’s favorite jet. The characters also have a relationship with the Eastern zodiac, accordingly, 2020 is considered the year of the Golden Rat. The boy’s name is briefly called X.
At the end of 2021, the couple gave 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to their second 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 and named it Exa Dark Sideræl. At home, she is often called Y. According to Grimes, Exa is related to exaflops – a term that represents the processing speed of a computer. Dark means “the unknown” and Sideræl is a variant spelling of sidereal – a word in astronomy.
Grimes said the South African-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 billionaire wants 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren to pay attention to the technology field he is pursuing. “X likes rockets and knows more about rockets than I do,” she said. In April, Grimes had to comfort X many times after he witnessed SpaceX fail to launch Starship into space.
With new information, Musk now has a total of 11 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, including six 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with his first wife Justine (in which the first son died when he was only 10 weeks old), three 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with singer Grimes and two 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with Shivon Zilis – level under him at Neuralink. On September 6, Walter Isaacson also shared a photo of Musk and Zilis’ twins on social networks. This is the first time the four have appeared together on the Internet after rumors that the two secretly had a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 together through in vitro fertilization.
