
Making a change! Grimes revealed that she and Elon Musk‘s 15-month-old daughter, Exa Darkish Sideræl, has a brand new identify: Y.
The “Oblivion” singer, 35, hinted on Thursday, March 22, that she and the Tesla CEO, 51, have formally modified the infant’s identify to the twenty fifth letter of the alphabet. “Y 🐉 C,” the Webby Award winner tweeted, referring to the primary preliminary of her given identify, Claire Boucher. “She’s Y now, or ‘Why?’ or simply ‘?’ (However the authorities received’t acknowledge that). curiosity, the everlasting query, … and such.”
When the Canada native introduced Exa’s arrival final 12 months, she mentioned that she and Musk have been already calling the newborn Y as a nickname, however her authorized identify was Exa Darkish Sideræl. The musician and the tech mogul additionally share son X Æ A-Xii, 2. The duo initially named their firstborn X Æ A-12 however needed to change the moniker as a result of California state regulation requires names to make use of solely the 26 alphabetic characters of the English language.
Grimes revealed in March 2022 that she and Musk secretly welcomed their second youngster by way of surrogate in December 2021. The “Flesh With out Blood” singer initially tried to maintain the newborn a secret throughout an interview with Self-importance Truthful, however the reporter heard the “colicky” youngster crying upstairs.
“I don’t know what I used to be pondering,” Grimes defined on the time. “I don’t know.”
After the identical interview, the previous Alter Ego host famous by way of Twitter that she and Musk had break up once more. Six months earlier, the SpaceX cofounder mentioned that he and Grimes have been “semi-separated” however nonetheless cared for each other.

“There’s no actual phrase for it. I might in all probability confer with him as my boyfriend, however we’re very fluid,” Grimes advised Self-importance Truthful of her relationship with the entrepreneur. “We dwell in separate homes. We’re finest pals. We see one another on a regular basis. … We simply have our personal factor happening, and I don’t anticipate different individuals to grasp it.”
Previous to his romance with the “Genesis” artist, Musk was married to Justine Wilson from 2000 to 2008. The previous couple share twins Griffin and Vivian, 19, and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, 17. Musk and Wilson’s first youngster, son Nevada, died of sudden toddler loss of life syndrome in 2002 at 10 weeks outdated.
In July 2022, Insider revealed courtroom paperwork revealing that Musk secretly welcomed twins with Shivon Zilis in November 2021. The paperwork — which was filed in Austin, Texas, in April 2022 — petitioned the courtroom to alter their youngsters’ names to “have their father’s final identify and include their mom’s final identify as a part of their center identify.” The outlet reported that the request was granted in Could 2022.