Elon Musk’s 14 Children: All About His Kids and Their Mothers

The world knows Elon Musk because of his significant roles in SpaceX and Tesla. Musk is the richest person in the globe with a huge net worth of $330 billion. In his professional background, Musk is a successful businessman and a capable senior advisor to US President Donald Trump. His personal life is as interesting as his professional life. Musk popularly known as Tesla Head has 13 children from various wives.

Let us know more about the family of Elon Musk and his children. You will learn some unknown facts about Tesla Head in this article.

Personal life

Elon Musk was born on June 28 1971 in South Africa in a rich family. He shifted to Canada in 1989 where he received citizenship through his mother. Musk graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. and co-founded the software company Zip2.

After a few years, Musk established SpaceX and became a CEO and chief engineer. He also co-founded and launched other companies that deal in brain-computer interfaces and tunnel transportation.

In addition, Elon is active in many political works with famous US leaders. He actively supports global far-right figures and other political parties.

Marriages and children

Very few people might know about the large family of Elon Musk. He is the father of 14 kids, one of whom died at a young age. Musk had 6 children with his 1^st wife Justine Wilson. She is a Canadian author and met Musk at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. The couple married in 2000. They welcomed their 1^st child Nevada Musk in 2002. However, the kid died within 10 weeks due to an uncommon syndrome.

After the death of their first son, Musk and Justine used IVF to have kids. Luckily, the couple was blessed with twins in 2004 and triplets in 2006. Justine and Elon Musk divorced in 2008 and shared the custody of their kids equally. The elder twin of Wilson and Musk was born as a Trans woman. The couple changed the name of the elder twin to Vivian Jenna Wilson and adopted the surname of her mother.

In 2008, Elon started dating English Actress Talulah Riley. After 2 years, the couple married at Dornoch Cathedral in Scotland. They divorced in 2012 before remarrying in the next year. They filed for divorce in 2014 and Elon finalized 2^nd divorce from Riley in 2016.

After a few years, Elon started dating Amber Heard in 2017. As per some reports, Elon has been pursuing her since 2012.

In 2018, Elon started dating Canadian musician Grimes and both of them confirmed their relationship. The couple has 3 children who were born in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The name of the eldest child of Musk and Grimes contains special characters and violates the rules of California. The couple received huge criticism for choosing an unusual name for their eldest kid.

The second child of Grimes and Musk was born through surrogacy. Even after the pregnancy, Elon Musk confirmed that they were separated in September 2021 in an interview. Musk also confirmed that he was single. Later, Grimes sued Elon Musk for parental rights and custody of their eldest kid.

Elon Musk has 4 children with Shivon Zills. Shivon is the director of operations and special projects at Neuralink. They were blessed with twins through IVF in 2021. Later, they were blessed with a child in 2024 through surrogacy. Shivon and Musk recently became the parents of a child born in 2025.

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Kids of Musk

The large family of Tesla head Elon Musk shows that he wants to inherit his legacy to his kids. He has a large family of 13 kids. Let us have a look at the names of all the children of Elon Musk in this section:

1. Nevada Alexander Musk

He was the eldest son of Musk and Canadian author Justine Wilson. He died in only 10 weeks because of a syndrome.

2. Griffin and Vivian Musk

Griffin and Vivian Musk are twins born to Elon Musk and Wilson through an IVF. Vivian is a transgender and took her mom’s last name. She chose to live with her mother and not to be related to her father in any way.

3. Kai, Saxon, and Damian Musk

In January 2006, Elon Musk and Justine Wilson welcomed a triplet. They were blessed with 3 sons Kai, Saxon, and Damain through IVF. The triplet of this couple has never appeared in any media or spotlight. Wilson and Musk divorced in 2008.

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Musk married English actress Talulah Riley twice. During this time, he also had a relationship with actress Amber Heard. Musk began dating singer Grimes in 2018. Grimes and Musk were blessed with a son whose name faced many legal violations.

In 2021, Musk and Grimes broke up and faced a custody battle, Grimes sued Musk for not allowing meeting her children for 5 months.

5. Exa Dark Siderael Musk

In 2022, Grimes revealed that she and Musk welcomed a daughter named Exa Dark Siderael Musk through surrogacy. She also called Musk as her boyfriend in an interview and revealed that they split again.

The name of her daughter Exa was changed to Y.

6. Strider and Azure

Elon welcomed twins with Neuralink director of operations and special projects Zills in 2021. Elon and Zills filed a petition to change the names of their twins and include the last names of both mother and father.

The names of the twins were revealed in 2023 as Strider and Azure.

7. Techno Mechanicus

Musk and Grimes welcomed 1 3^rd child named Techno Mechanicus. They gave the nickname Tau to the child.

8. Arcadia

In 2024, Musk and Zills welcomed a third child. In February 2025, the couple announced the name of the baby as Arcadia.

9. Seldon Lycurgus

In 2025, Zills announced the birth of a baby boy Seldon Lycurgus. Eve Musk confirmed the news of their 4^th child with a heart emoji.

10. X

In February 2025, St. Clair announced that Musk and she welcomed a child in September 2024. She claimed that Musk is the father to this child and they have kept the identity of the child private from the media.

Conclusion

This is a large family of Elon Musk with 4 wives and 13 children. He has expressed immense joy in becoming a father to many kids. From changing the names of his kids to keeping the custody, the Tesla Head has many secrets. These secrets are still not revealed in the media as per the sources.