It’s currently a wonderful time for the rights of children with names like Sasuke and Daenerys. Earlier this week, Elon Musk and Grimes had their first baby. Soon after the baby’s birth, they announced the baby’s name: X Æ A-12. It has its own complicated lore, which Grimes explains in this tweet (before getting a “well, actually” by Musk in the replies).
•X, the unknown variable ⚔️
•Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence)
•A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent ?
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(A=Archangel, my favorite song)
(⚔️? metal rat)— ꧁ ༒ Gℜiꪔ⃕es ༒꧂ ??? 小仙女 (@Grimezsz) May 6, 2020
Ah, the “randomness” of rich people. If you want to know how to pronounce it, the first few minutes of the following video will help.
Unfortunately for the couple — and fortunately for their child — it’s extremely unlikely the baby’s legal name will be X Æ A-12. The baby was born in California, which is a state that only allows official names include the letters of the alphabet. As The Guardian reported in 2015, “no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla” are allowed. Hyphens and apostrophes are allowed, but no symbols like Æ. If common Latinx names like Ramón and José aren’t allowed on official documents, then it’s unlikely this name will be, too. Or, I mean, who knows at this point, since rich white people can do just about anything they want. We live in a society.
Therefore, odds are the pair will be looking for another name. Maybe they’ll want their baby’s name to be related to video games, which we all know are Sometimes Good; there are clearly no limits for the name, after all. Or maybe you, dear reader, are looking for a video game-related name for your upcoming baby, yourself. As we did with our list of 100 free PlayStation Network username ideas, we’re here to gladly help.
Below is a list of 100 gaming names that:
- are better than the one Elon Musk and Grimes gave their child,
- are easier to pronounce than X Æ A-12,
- abide by more (current, as of the writing of this article) state laws, or
- all of the above.
100 Gaming Names Better Than the One Elon Musk and Grimes Gave Their Child*
- Big Boss
- Cloud Strife
- The Illusive Man
- Ignis Stupeo Scientia
- Waluigi
- Tidus
- Cassandra Allegra Portia Calogera Filomena Pentaghast
- Exdeath
- Dick Gumshoe
- Sans Undertale
- GAY420GAY
- COOLRANCH
- Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd Fire Emblem
- Wakka
- The Nameless One
- Xehanort
- Terra-Xehanort
- Master Xehanort
- Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
- Xemnas
- Young Xehanort
- Riku-Ansem
- Lingering Will
- Ansem the Wise
- The Inquisitor
- Vincent Valentine
- Cream the Rabbit
- Sol Badguy
- Butz
- Lightning
- Vaan
- Red XIII
- Kadaj
- Loz
- Yazoo
- Cid Final Fantasy
- Quina
- Commander Shepard
- Quiet
- Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII
- Ezio Auditore De Firenze
- Handsome Jack
- Diddy Kong
- GLaDOS
- Agent 47
- Pikachu
- Megaman
- Yennefer of Vengerberg
- Geralt of Rivia
- Vault Boy
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Solid Snake
- Mr. X
- Pyramid Head
- Sephiroth
- Link
- Sim (as in, like, a default sim from The Sims)
- (okay, fine) Bella Goth
- Princess Peach Toadstool
- Pac-Man
- Big Daddy
- Little Sister
- The Bloody Baron
- Emet-Selch
- Ganondorf
- Ghost
- Goose
- Mama
- Owlboy
- Elcor
- Paarthurnax
- Sam Porter Bridges
- Ratbag the Coward
- Shovel Knight
- Venom Snake
- Dr. Wily
- Voldo
- Kefka Palazzo
- Doctor Eggman
- Tingle
- X-11 Bloody Brad
- Miles Prower
- Marshall Law
- Pizza Pasta
- Deacon St. John
- Fox McCloud
- Max Payne
- Noob Saibot
- Hot Coldman
- Die-Hardman
- Deadman
- Heartman
- Fragile
- Vodka Drunkenski
- Jack Hard
- Ceaseless Discharge
- Duff McWhalen
- 2B
- 9S
- A2
*Although these names surely abide by more state laws than X Æ A-12, they do not necessarily abide by every state law, some of which are whack. Fanbyte ConglomCo Inc. takes no responsibility for whichever of these names inspires you for your own child — and that includes you: Elon Musk and Grimes. Usage of any of these names will be done at your own risk.
