Elon Musk changes his newborn's name to comply with California law

Monday, May 25, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has changed his newborn son's name after much debate on social media.

However, you might still be confused.
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Musk and his partner, Grimes, changed the boy's name from "X Æ A-12" to ending in the Roman numeral for 12 instead, which is written "X Æ A-Xii."

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The new name is slightly more in accordance with California laws for issuing a birth certificate.
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Rules state that official legal names can't be spelled with a number, so technically, using letters to represent a number is allowed.
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