| 100% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with only a first and last name |
| 87% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with just a first and last name |
| 56% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with only two names |
| 45% | INITIALS | 8 | First letters of a first and last name |
| 45% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with a two-letter monogram |
| 43% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for those with only one given name |
| 43% | ALDA | 4 | Multi-Emmy-winning actor whose first and last names start with the same two letters |
| 43% | OBAMA | 5 | President with the same first and last name as his father |
| 43% | HUMBERT | 7 | Literary character with the same first and last name |
| 41% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BARB | 4 | Good name for someone with a sharp tongue? |
| 41% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | 2005-2010 "Doctor Who" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "Love Me Like You Do" singer whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RIPTORN | 7 | Oscar-nominated actor with nearly synonymous first and last names |
| 40% | ROBYNFENTY | 10 | First and last name of Rihanna |
| 40% | RUBEGO/IDLDBERG | 15 | Only person whose first and last name together is listed as an adjective in Merriam-Webster |
| 39% | STAN | 4 | First name for a Marvel Comics legend and "Spider-Man" co-creator |
| 39% | THU | 3 | Abbr. for a word also with abbrs. by its first four or first five letters |
| 39% | LINC | 4 | Nickname for someone who shares a name with the 16th president |
| 38% | DAY | 3 | First ___ of school, new chapter with school bells and classroom adventures for a child |
| 38% | TRANS | 5 | Like someone associated with a blue, pink and white flag, for short |
| 38% | ARNOLD | 6 | First and last name in the cast of "True Lies" |
| 38% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 37% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 37% | ETHELMERMAN | 11 | ... and 99-Across starred in musicals and share their first names with a classic sitcom couple |
| 37% | NASAL | 5 | Spray for someone with a cold |
| 37% | REGINAKING | 10 | Acting royalty whose first and last names are both royalty-related |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | First and last digit in a Manhattan area code |
| 37% | ASHARP | 6 | First and last black key on a standard piano |
| 36% | EPS | 3 | Albums with only a few songs: Abbr. |