| 100% | SAHARA | 6 | Its name means "desert" |
| 81% | OHIO | 4 | Its name means "great river" |
| 81% | SITAR | 5 | Its name means "three strings" |
| 78% | GOBI | 4 | Its name means "waterless place" in Mongolian |
| 77% | CIABATTA | 8 | Italian bread, its name means "slipper" |
| 75% | TRIPOLI | 7 | African capital, its name means "three cities" |
| 75% | CORMORANT | 9 | Black seabird; its name means "sea-raven" |
| 75% | BEDOUIN | 7 | It literally means desert dweller |
| 74% | WINNIPEG | 8 | Capital of Manitoba, its name means muddy water |
| 73% | WAPITI | 6 | North American elk, its name means pale or white |
| 72% | SITAR | 5 | Its name means "three strings," but it can have up to 21 |
| 69% | UTAH | 4 | Its name is said to mean "people of the mountains" |
| 68% | COLADA | 6 | It means "strained" in drink names |
| 67% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Indie band whose name means, literally, "I have it" |
| 67% | III | 3 | It means "the Third" after a name |
| 66% | III | 3 | It means "the Third" in people's names |
| 63% | REYKJAVIK | 9 | Capital whose name means "smoky bay," referencing the steam from its hot springs |
| 61% | ALT | 3 | It means "different from the usual" in the names of music genres |
| 61% | SAHARA | 6 | African desert whose name means "desert" in Arabic |
| 58% | SAHARA | 6 | It means "desert" in Arabic |
| 58% | JOSHUA | 6 | Desert tree, gives its name to a California park |
| 57% | XEROX | 5 | Company that has bought advertisements asking people not use its name as a verb meaning “to copy” |
| 55% | AIMEE | 5 | Name meaning "loved" |
| 55% | AIMEE | 5 | Name meaning "beloved" |
| 55% | ANN | 3 | Name meaning "grace" |
| 55% | REGIS | 5 | Name meaning ''kingly'' |
| 55% | IRENE | 5 | Name meaning "peace" |
| 55% | FIDO | 4 | Name meaning "faithful" |
| 55% | SARA | 4 | Name meaning "princess" |
| 55% | ORSON | 5 | Name meaning ''bearlike'' |