{"id":752732,"date":"2026-06-22T11:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752732\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:14:10","slug":"molly-mae-confesses-that-her-son-was-named-after-a-boxing-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752732\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly-Mae confesses that her son was named after a boxing robot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Molly-Mae Hague and her partner Tommy Fury recently revealed the name of their baby son, Midas. But while people assumed he was named after King Midas, that\u2019s actually not the case.<\/p>\n

Molly-Mae is setting the record straight on the meaning behind her baby son\u2019s name. The baby, who was born on \u00a0June 7, is called Midas Thomas Fury, and his first name was revealed during his dad\u2019s boxing match<\/a> against Eddie Hall. <\/p>\n

And it turns out, they had it picked out years ago!<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0This is what a \u20ac3k-per-night babymoon looks like (as enjoyed by Tommy and Molly-Mae)<\/a><\/p>\n

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In Greek mythology, Midas was the king of Phrygia, and everything he touched turned to gold. The name means noble or illustrious. However, that was not exactly the inspiration behind the name. <\/p>\n

In a new YouTube video, the mum-of-two shared the story behind how they picked the name. Referring to the so-called \u2018Midas Touch\u2019, she said that while she loved the phrase, \u2018everything he touches turns to gold\u2019, and that Tommy even had the words sewn into his boxing shorts, the link to her son\u2019s name was only partial. <\/p>\n

She explained, \u2018[Her son] is not necessarily named after the Greek King because I saw a few comments being like, \u201cum, King Midas was a fool in Greek mythology. Like this is just so silly if she\u2019s called her son this\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018But the same way Bambi<\/a> is not necessarily named after the Disney character Bambi, is\u00a0the same way Midas is not named after the Greek King.\u2019<\/p>\n

RELATED: This is the most popular Disney-inspired baby name<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BambiBambi meets her sibling. Pic: Molly-Mae \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

She then told the \u2018random story\u2019 of how she heard the name Midas for the first time when she watched Real Steel, a 2011 film starring Hugh Jackman. <\/p>\n

Saying that it\u2019s not usually the type of thing she likes, it\u2019s \u2018actually such a great film\u2019.<\/p>\n

She said, \u2018It\u2019s got Hugh Jackman in it, and it\u2019s a film about robots boxing.<\/p>\n

\u2018And one of the\u00a0robots in the film that was boxing was called Midas. I heard the name, and I thought \u2013 this was years ago \u2013 I was like, \u201cWow, that\u2019s a really cool, strong name.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She mentioned the name to Tommy, who \u2018absolutely fell in love with\u2019 it. <\/p>\n

She continued, \u2018I don\u2019t even know what timeline we\u2019re looking at here. This could have been like literally years ago, but that was always our boy name, really, that we stuck with.\u2019<\/p>\n

RELATED: Unique Irish spin on this classic baby name is on the rise in Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Molly-MaeMolly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have had their second child. Pic: Molly-Mae \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

Molly-Mae and Tommy welcomed their first child, a girl they named Bambi, in January 2023. The couple met on Love Island in 2019. <\/p>\n

Watch Molly-Mae\u2019s full explanation of her son\u2019s unique name below:<\/p>\n

Share your thoughts on this story or any other over on our\u00a0discussion boards<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Molly-Mae Hague and her partner Tommy Fury recently revealed the name of their baby son, Midas. But while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-752732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}