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Everyone has a reason for the names they choose for their children. My kid’s name was inspired by a character on a soap opera my mom watched when I was young. Other people may be inspired by a family member or someone close to them. Celebrities are no different in that aspect, even though sometimes the names are more unusual. Tyson Fury, an English boxer and star of the reality series ‘At Home With the Fury’s’ on Netflix, has given all of his children unique names…sort of. All of his sons have the same first name, but there’s a very specific reason for that.
The reasoning actually kind of makes sense.
Despite sharing the first name Prince, each boy has different middle names. There’s 15-year-old Prince John James, nine-year-old Prince Tyson II, seven-year-old Prince Adonis Amaziah, and two-year-old Prince Rico Paris.
Generally, the boys go by their middle names, which makes it easier to know who’s who.
In the new season of the family’s television show, Fury explained the logic behind the naming tradition.
“I’m a king, and they’re princes until they earn their rightful name,” he said, referencing his nickname ‘The Gypsy King.’ However, he’s never explained what exactly they have to do to “earn” their name.
Only one of the boys goes by their first name.
According to Cosmopolitan, only Prince John James uses the name Prince. The two littlest boys, Prince Adonis Amaziah and Prince Rico Paris, both go by their middle names.
And as for Prince Tyson II? He’s got a completely original nickname.
“Baby Tyson gets the nickname Tutty because when baby Tyson was little, it seemed so crazy to keep calling this tiny little baby Tyson, obviously, looking at his dad,” Paris Fury explained in season one of the show, OK! Magazine reported.
“So we somehow came to the name of Tutty and it just seemed to stick.”
That’s not the only naming tradition the family seems to have.
The couple’s three daughters, 16-year-old Venezuela, eight-year-old Valencia, and four-year-old Athena. Much like their mom Paris, the three girls have names that are related to places.
“One night, while I was sleeping,” he told The Guardian in 2011, “I thought of Venezuela.”
When asked if he had any interest in visiting the country where his daughter’s name came from, Tyson Fury was dismissive.
“South America?” he asked. “Nah. What could I get in South America that I couldn’t get here?”
His oldest son almost had a different name.
Despite his daughter being older, Fury explained that her name had to be unique to match her little brother’s.
“My wife is called Paris. I’m Tyson and he’s called Prince John James. If the girl had a normal name it wouldn’t fit in, would it? I wanted to call the boy Patrick but the wife didn’t want it,” he said.
This prompted his wife to demand he tell the interviewer “what name he really wanted for our son.”
“Jesus,” he admitted. Paris explained the name “got a quick no” from her.
“Jesus Fury…I like that name.” Tyson, whose own name was inspired by boxer Mike Tyson, explained.
