Here’s how you REALLY pronounce Rihanna’s son’s name

The name of Rihanna’s son was finally revealed as RZA – after the star kept it a secret for more than a year.

DailyMail.com exclusively obtained a copy of the little boy’s certificate of live birth, revealing he is named RZA Athelston Mayers.

The tot – who Rihanna shares with A$AP Rocky – was seemingly named in honour of the producer and rapper RZA, the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. 

While fans may think her son’s name is simply pronounced by reciting the letters R-Z-A, it is actually pronounced ‘Rizza’ like the famous rapper.

Rihanna – who is pregnant with her second child – appears to have hinted at her son’s name following his birth on May 13 of last year, as she has worn clothing repping Wu-Tang Clan multiple times since giving birth.

Name: The tot – who Rihanna shares with A$AP Rocky – was seemingly named in honour of the producer and rapper RZA, the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan

Notably, the certificate of live birth indicates that RZA was given his father’s middle name of Athelston.

However, Rocky’s middle name has previously been listed by multiple outlets as ‘Athelaston.’

The certificate of live birth also indicates that RZA was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

One of Rihanna’s recent hints about her son’s secret name was on April 5, when she was seen carrying the beaming boy while wearing a baggy black Wu-Tang Clan top as she was seen leaving a meal at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.

The Umbrella singer wasn’t particularly subtle on August 12 of last year, nearly three months after she gave birth, when she stepped out in New York City in a baggy white RZA T-shirt.

The extent of Rihanna’s fandom for RZA and the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan isn’t totally clear.

Her partner Rocky is definitely a fan, though, as he previously collaborated with Raekwon from the rap group on the 2015 song Fly International Luxurious Art.

A$AP Mob, the collective that Rocky belongs to, also earned comparisons to the legendarily hip hop group early in its existence.

Big fan? While fans may think her son’s name is simply pronounced by reciting the letters R-Z-A, it is actually pronounced ‘Rizza’ like the famous rapper (RZA pictured in April 2023) 

Under the radar: Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky welcomed the baby boy on May 13 of last year, but she has so far kept his name a secret from her inquisitive fans

Like Wu-Tang, it features a string of high-profile core members, along with peripheral members who are featured less frequently.

It’s unclear if Rihanna plans to be as secretive about her second child’s name.

She revealed that she and Rocky were expecting again when she debuted a new baby bump during her show-stopping Super Bowl halftime performance on February 12 in Glendale, Arizona.

During her stunning appearance at the Met Gala with her boyfriend, Rihanna shared with ET that her latest pregnant was ‘so different’ from the first one.

‘No cravings. Tons of nausea. Everything’s different, but I’m enjoying it,’ she explained.

She added that she was ‘in love’ with her littlest one. ‘I’m obsessed and I don’t even feel guilty about it,’ she said.