At some point or another we had/have:

6 Jennas/Jens/Jennifers (myself included) and they all went by Jen
3 Melissas
3 Laurens
2 Candaces
3 Lisas
2 Rosas

a few years ago we had 5 actives of about 25 named jennifer - but oddly enough never more than one in the same pledge class. we also at one point had a marina, sarina and sabina which was sometimes confusing for the new members. right now with about 20 sisters we have no duplicate names though.

we have
2 Andrea's
2 Amber's
2 Anna's
3 Amanda's
3 Gretchen/Greta
5 Kim's
2 Amy's
2 Laura's


Most unusual: Ezinne

When I was chapter advisor a couple years ago, and there was a problem, I could stand in the middle of the Suite and yell, "Heather, Jen, and Amy - NOW!" and most of the sorority would show up.

When I was an active, we once had five Kathy's (all spelled differently), and 8 (yes, eight!) Mary Something's (Merry Lee, Mary Grace, Mary Lynne, Mary Lisa, Mary Pat, Mary Jo, Mary K., and Mary Beth - I had to see if I could remember them all!).

Amy, Stephanie/Stefanie, Michelle/Michele, and Melissa were very popular names.

In any given year, it was fairly common to have at least 3 duplicate names (first AND last) on the PNM list (out of approx. 1200). I won't post any names here for privacy reasons, but it was a NIGHTMARE when we were doing the lists. Sure, they had PNM numbers assigned to them, but it was still hard to keep them apart.

(Also, this is a lesson for the PNM's out there...you could be cut for something as silly as having the same name as someone.)

Yeah--PNMs, if you discover that you have the same name as another PNM, please do something to make yourself stand out. When I was asst PH advisor, there were 2 girls with the same name. They both went to the same pref party and only one got a bid. The wrong one showed up at Bid Day! We never knew why that happened and *I* had to go retrieve the girl and take her back to the dorm--we let the sorority go get the other one.

There is a happy ending here; that sorority ended up having a vacancy a couple of weeks later and they pledged the second "Jane Doe".

I don't know actual numbers but I was one of many Jennifers. In fact, when I was picking out my forum name for here, I was surprised that it was still available! :)

My advice for those with the same first and last name: Use your middle initial too!

e.g Jane A. Smith and Jane B. Smith