40 Fraternity and Sorority Nicknames and Greek Letters
From Pi Phis to Beta Sigs, explore the top sorority and fraternity nicknames and the Greek letters that go with them.
Sorority and fraternity nicknames can be confusing for incoming college students. There are hundreds of local, national, and international fraternities and sororities and all of their names are some combination of two or three letters from the Greek alphabet. That’s a lot of letters and nicknames to keep straight.
Typically, fraternity nicknames and sorority nicknames involve the following patterns:
- Initials: Delta Gamma is “D G”
- Abbreviated Greek letters: Sigma Phi Epsilon is “Sig Ep.”
- Use one letter: Kappa Kappa Gamma is “Kappa”
Both fraternities and sororities sometimes omit Greek letters from their names. Other organizations, usually only fraternities, will invent or adopt a word for their fraternity nickname. For example, Pi Kappa Alpha goes by “Pike” because the word pike sounds similar to Pi Kappa. Let’s take a look at 40 common fraternity and sorority nicknames.
Common Sorority Nicknames
- Alpha Delta Pi: “A D Pi”
- Alpha Epsilon Phi: “A E Phi”
- Alpha Xi Delta: “Alpha Xi”
- Alpha Omicron Pi: “A O Pi”
- Alpha Sigma Alpha: “A S A” or “Alpha”
- Alpha Phi: “A Phi”
- Alpha Chi Omega: “Alpha Chi” (Chi is pronounced KAI)
- Gamma Phi Beta: “Gamma Phi”
- Delta Gamma: “D G”
- Delta Delta Delta : “Tri Delta” or “Tri Delt”
- Delta Zeta : “D Z”
- Zeta Tau Alpha: “Zeta”
- Kappa Alpha Theta: “Theta”
- Kappa Delta: “K D”
- Kappa Kappa Gamma: “Kappa” or “K K G”
- Pi Beta Phi: “Pi Phi”
- Sigma Delta Tau: “Sig Delt”
- Sigma Kappa: “Sig Kap”
- Sigma Sigma Sigma: “Tri Sigma” or “Tri Sig”
- Chi Omega: “Chi O”
Common Fraternity Nicknames
- Alpha Epsilon Pi: “A E Pi” or “Ape”
- Alpha Sigma Phi: “Alpha Sig”
- Alpha Phi Alpha: “Alpha”
- Alpha Tau Omega: “A T O” or “Tau”
- Beta Theta Pi: “Beta”
- Delta Kappa Epsilon: “D K E” or “Deke”
- Theta Chi: “T Chi” or “Ox”
- Kappa Sigma: “Kappa Sig”
- Lambda Chi Alpha: “Lambda Chi” or “Chops”
- Pi Kappa Alpha: “Pike”
- Pi Kappa Phi: “P K P” or “Pi Kapp”
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon: “S A E”
- Sigma Nu: “Sig Nu” or “Knights”
- Sigma Pi: “Sig Pi”
- Sigma Phi Epsilon: “Sig Ep”
- Sigma Chi: “Sig” or “Sig Chi”
- Tau Kappa Epsilon: “T K E” or “Teke”
- Phi Beta Sigma: “Sigma”
- Phi Delta Theta: “Phi Delt” or “Phi”
- Phi Kappa Psi: “Phi Psi”