| 100% | NIMITZ | 6 | Fleet admiral for whom an aircraft carrier is named |
| 49% | ADAM | 4 | For whom an anatomical "apple" is named |
| 49% | OHARE | 5 | Fighter pilot Edward for whom an airport is named |
| 49% | NIOBE | 5 | Character of myth for whom an element is named |
| 49% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom an Orinoco River fish was named |
| 48% | ROSS | 4 | British explorer for whom an Antarctic sea is named |
| 48% | OHM | 3 | German physicist for whom an electrical unit is named |
| 48% | NIOBE | 5 | Queen for whom an element is named |
| 48% | NOBEL | 5 | Scientist for whom an element is named |
| 48% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Perry for whom an award is named |
| 47% | DORIA | 5 | Italian admiral for whom several ships were named |
| 47% | GAUSS | 5 | Physicist for whom an induction unit is named |
| 47% | APGAR | 5 | Virginia for whom an infant test is named |
| 47% | TASMAN | 6 | Explorer for whom an Australian state is named |
| 47% | ROTH | 4 | Senator William for whom an IRA is named |
| 47% | CYRIL | 5 | Russian saint for whom an alphabet is named |
| 47% | OSCAR | 5 | Uncle for whom an annual award is supposedly named |
| 47% | AMELIABLOOMER | 13 | Suffragette for whom an undergarment was named: 2 wds. |
| 46% | FDR | 3 | Prez for whom an N.Y.C. drive is named |
| 46% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor for whom an annual Japanese music festival is named |
| 46% | ODOUL | 5 | Batting champ Lefty for whom an Oracle Park plaza is named |
| 45% | BROCA | 5 | French physician Paul for whom an area of the brain is named |
| 44% | MIAMIS | 6 | Great Lakes natives for whom an Ohio county is named |
| 42% | JAIME | 5 | Pressly who won an Emmy for “My Name Is Earl” |
| 41% | DORISMILLER | 11 | Pearl Harbor hero for whom a future U.S. aircraft carrier is scheduled to be named |
| 40% | DORIA | 5 | Andrea ___, admiral known as the liberator of Genoa for whom an ill-fated ship was named |
| 39% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred ___, Swedish chemist who is known for inventing dynamite and has an element named after him |
| 39% | ODIN | 4 | For whom Wednesday is named |
| 39% | NIMITZ | 6 | U.S.S. ___ (aircraft carrier named for a former admiral) |
| 38% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |