Overview
- Responding to a photo shared by the X account Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, Musk said his son is named Strider Sekhar and his daughter is named Comet Azure.
- He wrote that Strider is a nod to Aragorn’s alias in The Lord of the Rings and that the middle name Sekhar honors Nobel-winning astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
- Musk added that Comet Azure comes from a powerful spell in the game Elden Ring.
- Court filings previously disclosed that the twins were born via IVF in November 2021 to Musk and Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis.
- Coverage also notes Zilis’ Indian heritage through her Punjabi mother and reports the pair later had two more children, with broader reporting putting Musk’s total at 14.