Elon Musk And Grimes's Third Baby Name Led To A Bunch Of Twitter Jokes

    The Harry Potter one. LMAO.

    Chelsea Stewart
    by Chelsea Stewart

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Elon Musk and Grimes are parents of not two kids, but three!

    Elon Musk and Grimes on the red carpet
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    So, you know that they already had a son, 3-year-old X ร† A-12, and a 1-year-old daughter named Y.

    Grimes and Elon Musk posing for photos with people at an event
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    They also secretly welcomed a child named Techno Mechanicus, whom they affectionately call Tau, according to the New York Times's review of Elon's upcoming biography.

    Closeup of Elon and Grimes at an outdoor event
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    The book was written by journalistย Walter Isaacson, who's behind other bios from people like Steve Jobs andย Albert Einstein.

    Elon confirmed the birth on X, too, along with the inspiration behind the name:

    Twitter: @elonmusk
    It's unclear when the two welcomed the child.

    And jokes pretty much started rolling out from there. Here are 11 of the best ones:

    grimes just had a third child to elon and they named it โ€œtechno mechanicusโ€ pic.twitter.com/ziznpcc1cS

    โ€” Brooklyn (@bklynb4by) September 9, 2023
    Twitter: @bklynb4by / HBO

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    The Boys / Prime Video / Twitter: @thefutxre

    Twitter: @dannywontmiss

    Tex Mex for short https://t.co/kTWwXULdNl

    โ€” Goth Shaggy Rogers (@crumlingothic_) September 10, 2023
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    manโ€™s 3rd child is a genshin event iโ€™m crying ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ https://t.co/TP4XxwlmqC

    โ€” karina ๐Ÿ‚ /semi-hiatus (@basedhutao) September 9, 2023
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    Moment of silence for the couples rethinking baby names now that someone called dibs on Techno Mechanicus

    โ€” ๐š๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘, ๐™ด๐šœ๐šš. (@thebgcomplex) September 10, 2023
    Twitter: @thebgcomplex

    Kayla Nicole Jones / Twitter: @NipTuckReload

    techno mechanicus sounds like a transformer that baby is gonna be badass

    โ€” pres (@presleycxroline) September 10, 2023
    Twitter: @presleycxroline