{"id":25033,"date":"2026-06-22T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/25033\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:58:08","slug":"molly-mae-hague-reveals-unexpected-inspiration-behind-sons-name-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/25033\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly-Mae Hague reveals unexpected inspiration behind son\u2019s name \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Molly-Mae Hague has revealed the surprising inspiration behind her newborn son\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

The former Love Island star, 27, welcomed her second child with partner Tommy Fury earlier this month, and recently announced they had chosen to name him Midas.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to her YouTube account, Hague has now explained how a 2011 film about boxing robots sparked her inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had this name for a boy for quite a few years. I saw a couple of comments when the name was being rumoured about and how it originates from Greek mythology because there was a King Midas and I believe the story is that everything he touches turns to gold,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Ciara<\/a>\"Gorillaz<\/a>\"Molly-MaeMolly-Mae Hague has revealed what inspired her son Midas\u2019 name (James Manning\/PA) <\/p>\n

Midas is remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold, however his ability acts as a cautionary warning against greed after he accidentally turns his daughter into a statue.<\/p>\n

However, in her 29-minute video, Hague said her son was \u201cnot necessarily named after the Greek king\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the same way Bambi is not necessarily named after the Disney character, Midas is not named after the Greek king. Actually, this is the most random story. I actually found the name from watching a film called Real Steel, which is the most random film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s basically like Transformers. It\u2019s got Hugh Jackman in it and it\u2019s a film about robots boxing. One of those robots in the film was called Midas. This was years ago and I heard the name and was like \u201cwow, that\u2019s a really, cool strong name\u201d and I\u2019d never heard of it before. I just thought Midas Fury was such a strong name and then I mentioned it to Tommy and he just absolutely fell in love with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was always our boy name that we stuck with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Real Steel was based on the short story Steel by Richard Matheson, which was originally published in a 1956 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later adapted into a 1963 Twilight Zone episode.<\/p>\n

It is set in a world where boxing matches are fought by robots and follows a former boxer, played by Jackman, who finds an abandoned robot and trains it to become a promising fighter.<\/p>\n

After explaining her son\u2019s name, Hague then shared she was grateful he was healthy and said the family were \u201cso happy\u201d following his arrival.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Fury revealed the name of their son during a fight against Eddie Hall in Manchester.<\/p>\n

Midas was spelt out on the back of his shirt and boxing shorts, with Fury speaking about his son after the victory.<\/p>\n

\"SheShe met partner Tommy Fury on Love Island in 2019 (Ian West\/PA) <\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThis was for my new baby boy, Midas. It is another Fury, it\u2019s another boy. I\u2019ve fought a lot of people, and this guy can fight. He\u2019s not slow, he\u2019s fit. Thank you for taking the fight and thank you for a great night in Manchester.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hague and Fury met on the fifth series of the ITV dating show in 2019 and ended as runners-up.<\/p>\n

They remained together after the show and were engaged until they split up in August 2024 but revealed they were back together in May last year.<\/p>\n

They previously welcomed daughter Bambi in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Molly-Mae Hague has revealed the surprising inspiration behind her newborn son\u2019s name. The former Love Island star, 27,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[508,57,3046,42,507,994],"class_list":["post-25033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-hague","tag-love-island","tag-molly-mae-hague","tag-showbiz","tag-the-hague","tag-tommy-fury","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}