Multiple Members- Same/Similar Names???
 

While I was in college my chapter had:

3 Katie's
3 Megan M.'s (yes all their last names began with M)
2 Nicole's
2 Natalie's
2 Melissa's
3 Jennifer's
2 Carrie's
2 Ashley's

I think that was all of our duplicates...

Common names in APO:

Guys:
Andy
Michael/Mike
Chris

Women:
Jennifer
Heather

My chapter was a small chapter in comparison to our chapters on the mainland, but for some reason we ended up with multiple:

Katies (it didn't help when one was Katie and the other KT)
Jennifers
Nicoles (one was called Nicole, the other Kolee)
Sarahs (we had big Sarah and little Sarah and they both hated it)
Maile/Mai Ly (our chapter advisor)

[Shima-Mizu will get a kick out of this...]

When my husband joined his fraternity and became a Sinfonian, there were multiple men with common names. Out of 60 brothers:

There were three guys named Joel; :)

There were two Nathans and two or three Tims and two or three Toms;

There were about three guys named Mike or Michael;

There were at least three guys named Chris or Christopher, to the point where one was "Topher" (and this was years before Topher Grace or anyone I knew ever had the name Topher);

and (drumroll...)

There were NINE guys named Dave or David, to the point where one of them was just called "Id". Teske, Motz, Bauder, Ashby, Loy, Settje, Palmer, Petzold, Lindstedt. The first six I knew from memory, too.

I checked his list of family trees to help my memory, and discovered that there was a family line where a big brother David had a little named David had a little named David had a little named David. Four in a row! Though only two or three would have been brothers at the same time...

at one point we had 7 or 8 jennifers, myself included. we all had different nicknames ;)

we also had a bunch of laura and laurens.

2 stephanies
2 marys
2 jessicas
2 tonis
2 julies

i'm sure there were more. . .

...if I had a nickle for every "Amanda" our chapter has...

:p

we have a lot of girls with the same last name

you'd have a quarter!!
we have...

5 Amandas
4 Stephanies
3 Ashleys
3 Katie B's (i hate it! each of us spells katy/katie/catie differently though)
3 Sarahs

we used to have like 6 jessicas too, but only one is left.

Although we were a small chapter, I think we had multiple "Jenny"'s....although none of us spelled it that way! (and we all had unique nicknames that none of us were ever called Jenny/Jenni/Jennie). I know we also had multiple Rachel's, and there may have been multiple Katie's/Kate's (it's been a while since I've looked at a list of our chapter members that were there at similar times as one another) :o

Our current chapter has:

2 Alicia's (both with the same last initial)

2 Tiffany's

4 Ashley's

Kelli, Kellye, Kelley, and Kelly (three of whom have the same last initial)

...but before graduation we had Ebone and Ebony (we also have an Ebonique!) not to mention several people with the same last names.

We had 4 Rachels at once (actually, 2 Rachels and 2 Rachaels) in a chapter of around 20 actives. Two of them were in the same pledge class and had nearly identical last names.

Kappa Phi Club at Kent State
 

2 Nikkis (same EXACT spelling)
2 Megans
2 Erins
3 Jens & a Guinevere who goes by "Genni"
2 girls named: Amanda and Mandy, both of which go by either name

If I missed anything, JocelynC can probably fill in the rest.