Midas

The story of King Midas's Midas touch is a common cautionary tale, as he wished for everything he touched to turn to gold, only to regret it later. The associations with greed likely turn parents off of the name, but it does combine two popular trends: mythological names and names ending in -s.

Familiar in the Netherlands, where it ranked in the Top 400 in a recent year, rather interestingly, Midas has been chosen by two celebrity couples in 2026, notably Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury and Samantha and Pat McAfee.

Pronounced as MEE-das or MY-duhs, the exact meaning of Midas is uncertain, though theories include "reddish" or "copper " from Hittite and Proto-Slavic, or perhaps "to mince, grind, twist" from Proto-Indo-European. Other sources base the name's meaning on its associations, suggesting it could mean "wealth" or "gold".

Pronounced MY-das.

As of October 2026, Midas ranked #4644 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2828 in 2023.