How to Write The Maze Runner Fanfiction ✓

45 | names/name ideas

request: @ilovemusic123175

as we all know, the gladers were either named after famous people or would be famous in the future. that being said, most of their names were shortened and sometimes even unusual (i.e. Zart, Siggy, Alby) so it may be hard to find names that fit.

(some people are under the impression that they are named only after famous scientists. this is not the case. Zart, Teresa, Winston, and Harriet are just a few examples that prove this. there wasn't a specific category they chose the names from.)

here are some examples of names i've used and where they came from!

Theo: Theodore Roosevelt
Nadia: Nadia Boulanger
Garret: Garret Birkhoff
Clark: William Clark
Alex: Alexander Graham Bell
Flo: Florence Nightingale
Alfie: Alfred Nobel
Link: Abraham Lincoln
Matt: St. Matthew the Evangelist
Luke: St. Luke the Evangelist
David: the Biblical figure from the story of David and Goliath
Harvey: William Harvey
Xan: Alexander Hamilton
Vince: Vincent Van Gogh
Max: Max Planck
Ken: John F. Kennedy

now, here are some names that you can use and the people they're named after!

M A L E

Lou: Louis Pasteur
Greg: Gregor Mendel
Archie: Archimedes
Jem: James Watson
Ernie: Ernest Rutherford
Ed/Eddie: Edwin Hubble
Luth: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Drew: Andrew Jackson
Gale: Galen
Artie: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Val: St. Valentine
Gus: Augustus
Ty: Tiberius

F E M A L E

May: Louisa May Alcott
Clara: Clara Barton
Liz: Elizabeth Blackwell
Amy: Amelia Earhart
Rosie: Rosalind Franklin
Liv: Livia Drusilla (Or Dru)
Val: Valeria Messalina
Aria: Ariadne
Cally: Calypso
Gaea: Gaea aka Mother Earth
Thalia: Thalia, Muse of Comedy
Lea: Eleanor Roosevelt
Willa: Willa Cather
Rosa: Rosa Parks
Tori: Victoria Woodhall

this was actually really fun and if i ever make another tmr fic i would definitely use some of these lmaoo especially the ones that have to do with greek myths and roman emperors like yesss

(also i didn't realize how all the blackthorn kids are named after famous roman historical figures until NOW how stupid am i??? ha ha)