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Globally, Midas (Midas ) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom girly forename. The first name Midas is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, Belgium, and South Africa, where it is a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Midas is the last name as well as the forename.
Midas is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Midas , the king with the power to turn whatever he touches to gold; Midas , the the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Universe; Midas , the operatic character in the opera Die Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss; TenorKing of Lydia and Midas .