# OK Elon Musk, you win the "weird baby name" sweepstakes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386 "2020-05-08T05:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/21 "2020-05-08T18:48:45Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Thinking along these same lines, I was going to suggest Ox (or Oxley). His name would appear on the list at roll call as Musk, Ox. You beat me to it. My alternate suggestions would be Melon, Rat, or [Ellunge.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskellunge) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/22 "2020-05-08T19:19:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Elon’s other children are named Nevada, Griffin, Xavier, Damian, Saxon, and Kai. All boys. It’s like someone’s making me choose my character in Street Fighter. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/23 "2020-05-08T19:35:10Z")
I’d bet the kid has a perfectly normal name. It’s a publicity stunt. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/24 "2020-05-08T21:19:46Z")
Can I just say that a couple of the previous names are actual names. Griffin, Damian and Xavier are all real names (although spelling may differ). I also have to give Nevada a pass because it was my Great-Great Aunt Veda’s actual name (what can I say, she was the seventh child, they had just traveled from New York to Carson City and I think they ran out of names). ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/25 "2020-05-09T01:34:07Z")
OMG, The first thing I thought of was the CIA version of the SR-71. It never occurred to me a billionaire nerd would name his child after it. For some reason the picture in the article explained it all. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/26 "2020-05-09T01:50:21Z")
Elon still isn’t the worst parent in his immediate family. That would be his dad, Errol, who recently had a child at the age of seventy-two. With a woman who was thirty. Well, that’s a little creepy, you’re thinking. But not too horrible. The woman is his stepdaughter. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/27 "2020-05-09T02:50:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Elon still isn’t the worst parent in his immediate family. That would be his dad, Errol, who recently had a child at the age of seventy-two. With a woman who was thirty. > > Well, that’s a little creepy, you’re thinking. But not too horrible. > > The woman is his stepdaughter. Errol wins the Woody Allen award. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/28 "2020-05-09T03:20:02Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > The Artist formerly known as Prince, but eventually returned to being Prince again sorta won the weird name sweepstakes. > > One of the funniest baby name stories was when Barbara Hershey (who temporarily called herself Barbara Hershey Seagull for a while) and David Carradine produced a baby. That was a little boy named “free.” No capital letter, just “free.” > > When free hit adolescence, he had a talk with his mom. He wasn’t too crazy about being “free.” Why did you name me that, do I have to keep it, why was I born, what is the meaning of life, you know, the typical adolescent conversation. > > She told the kid the name “free” meant he wasn’t tied down to any expectation or rules or influence. He was, essentially “free” to make his own decisions. > > “So I can change my name?” > > “Yes. It’s up to you. Do you want to change it to something else?” > > “I kind of like the name Tom.” > > So, maybe Pythagoras Theorem Musk will eventually change his name to Ed. > > To potential parents: before naming any child, go yell the name out the back door three times. If your tongue gets all twisted, go find another name. > ~VOW Prince did say one time that the symbol was pronounced “Christopher.” Makes sense to me. I also got walloped on another board for quoting Beavis and Butthead’s statement that the symbol looks like something you would put on a bathroom door for people who aren’t sure if they are men or women. Turned out there were a couple such people on this board. :smack: I womaned up and apologized. David Bowie’s son, Zowie, also legally changed his name to Joseph when he was old enough to do so. BTW, Musk’s older children are a set of twins, and a set of triplets, all from the same mother. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/29 "2020-05-09T03:34:16Z")
> [@Sarabellum](#): > > I’d bet the kid has a perfectly normal name. It’s a publicity stunt. They could have named him “Sparky”. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/30 "2020-05-09T09:02:10Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > David Bowie’s son, Zowie, also legally changed his name to Joseph when he was old enough to do so. Not what Wikipedia says. That gives him as ‘Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones’, as both current and birth name, because David Bowie wasn’t an idiot and used the silly name as a middle name, where it can be easily ignored. Duncan was referred to by his middle name as a kid, then decided to go by ‘Joey’ or ‘Joe’ in his teens, but dropped that still in his teens, and now uses his first name. Not a bad idea, really, basically giving the baby a stage name, which they can keep or drop as required. A concept I’m sure David Jones was pretty familiar with. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/31 "2020-05-09T10:38:11Z")
Musk is an ignorant moron. “Ash” is the \*name \*of the letter Æ, not how you pronounce it. Grimes is closer, although there’s nothing elven about it, so she’s still an idiot. People keep trying to get me into Grimes. Musically, she’s just up my alley, but something about her in interviews always put me off, so I never got into her stuff. Then she started dating Musk, and it clicked. She’s clearly a fucking idiot, and I don’t generally listen to music produced by idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Dsorgnzd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dsorgnzd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dsorgnzd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/32 "2020-05-09T12:15:57Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > The Artist formerly known as Prince, but eventually returned to being Prince again sorta won the weird name sweepstakes. I always thought of him as "The Artist currently known as ‘The Artist formerly known as Prince’ ", but then he became "The Artist formerly known as ‘The Artist formerly known as Prince’ " and I decided he wasn’t worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/33 "2020-05-09T12:54:01Z")
At least he didn’t name him Hyperloop. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/34 "2020-05-09T14:58:42Z")
I would have preferred if he’d just named the kid “Strong.” Nice solid name. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/35 "2020-05-10T01:37:50Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > No way would they be able to register such a name. In the news today (May 9) he’s threatening to pack up his toys and move his entire Tesla plant to Texas and/or Nevada. Maybe he can register kiddo’s name in one of those places. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/36 "2020-05-10T04:48:00Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Can I just say that a couple of the previous names are actual names. Griffin, Damian and Xavier are all real names (although spelling may differ). I also have to give Nevada a pass because it was my Great-Great Aunt Veda’s actual name (what can I say, she was the seventh child, they had just traveled from New York to Carson City and I think they ran out of names). A couple? They are all real, non-nonce names. “Grime” is a genre of awesome British music. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/37 "2020-05-10T06:24:41Z")
Somebody suggested to me a reason why ultra-rich douchebags give their kids weird names: They cannot conceive of the concept that their kid will ever have to put his name on a job application and act politely at an interview. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/38 "2020-05-10T07:01:33Z")
What do you mean by “weird”, though? “Vegetable” would be a poor choice of kid’s name. On the other hand, if I introduced myself at an interview as Hatshepsut, Heftzibah, or Yiguang, I guarantee you would remember my name, which seems like a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/39 "2020-05-10T15:07:57Z")
Elon Musk has a fairly good, if strange, sense of humour. If it wasn’t clear that this was a joke and plot for more media attention, the fact his wife disagrees on the pronounciation should settle it. OTOH, I would have thought the Cybertruck was half a joke as well. Maybe time to lay off the weed? At least the baby isn’t called “Hot Pockets” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386/40 "2020-05-10T15:18:17Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RiQiTz3KWCE/hqdefault.jpg "Bart Cart Dart E-art") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiQiTz3KWCE) actually I like this one better > **[Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: Baby Names - NBC.com](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/baby-names/n10279)** > > Watch Saturday Night Live highlight 'Baby Names' on NBC.com [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-elon-musk-you-win-the-weird-baby-name-sweepstakes/853386.md?page=3)