The businessman welcomed his 12th child. After Marjorie Camus Charron, psychologist, analyzes for us these unique choices, revealing her personality.
Elon Musk and his partner Shivon Zilis have welcomed their third baby, but for the billionaire, this is his twelfth child! The boss of the space company Space X and founder of Tesla confirmed the happy news to Page Six. “All our friends and family are aware. The fact of not issuing a press release, which would be strange, does not mean “secret” he declared, without specifying the sex of the baby, nor his first name . And precisely, when it comes to the first names of his children, the boss of X (formerly Twitter) does not lack originality.
Last year, when he was with Canadian singer Grimes, the couple opted for a very atypical first name for their third child: Techno Mechanicus. This was revealed in a biography of the boss of Tesla, Space X and Twitter, written by journalist Walter Isaason. His brother born in 2020 is named X Æ A-12and her big sister, born in 2021: Exa Dark Sidereal. The American entrepreneur is also the father of Nevada Alexander (unfortunately died 10 weeks after his birth from sudden infant death syndrome), and the twins Griffin and Vivian, born from his union with the novelist Justine Wilson. Elon Musk is also the father of triplets, conceived by in vitro fertilization, and named Kai, Saxon and Damian.
But then, how can we explain these choices of first names? In the United States, there is first of all a “cultural tradition of the first name”. It is not uncommon to see children named the same way as their parent, with the first name Junior attached, notes Marjorie Camus Charron, psychologist specializing in neuropsychology. Remember that in France, first names that are too original and which do not take into account the interests of the child are refused by the Civil Registry. A border that exists much less in American culture. “They are still in something very permissive and absolute freedom“, analyzes the specialist.
At Elon Musk, who also suffers from Asperger’s syndrome (a neurodevelopmental disorder), “he has no anchor in reality which allows him to see that these are complicated, even unpronounceable, first names that we cannot even remember“, estimates the specialist. She specifies that the boss of Tesla undoubtedly has a particular functioning, but that not all atypical people naturally give strange first names, which are harmful to the child. Nevertheless, “there is something megalomaniacal and a little selfish“, analyzes the psychologist.