Due to the large number of Greek organizations, and the confusion that derives from the use of combined Greek letters in predominantly English-speaking nations, many organizations are often informally better-known by their nicknames, than by their Greek letters. These nicknames usually follow certain patterns:
Organization |
Symbol |
Nickname |
Acacia (Chapters) |
AKAKIA |
"A-kack", "AKAK" or "Acacian's" |
Alpha Gamma Rho (Chapters) |
ΑΓΡ |
"AGR" or "Agger" |
Alpha Gamma Sigma (Chapters) |
ΑΓΣ |
"AG Sig" |
Alpha Delta Gamma (Chapters) |
ΑΔΓ |
"ADG", "Delts" or "AlphaDelts" |
Alpha Delta Phi (Chapters) |
ΑΔΦ |
"Alpha Delts", "A.D.'s", "A D Phi", "Adelphi", or "A.D.P." |
Alpha Epsilon Pi (Chapters) |
ΑΕΠ |
"AEPi" |
Alpha Kappa Lambda (Chapters) |
ΑΚΛ |
"AKL" |
Alpha Sigma Phi (Chapters) |
ΑΣΦ |
"Alpha Sig" |
Alpha Tau Omega |
ΑΤΩ |
"ATO" or "Taus" |
Alpha Phi Alpha |
ΑΦΑ |
"Alphas" or "A-Phi-A" |
Alpha Phi Delta |
ΑΦΔ |
"APD" |
Alpha Chi Rho (Chapters) |
ΑΧΡ |
"Crow" |
Beta Sigma Psi (Chapters) |
ΒΣΨ |
"Beta Sig" |
Beta Theta Pi (Chapters) |
ΒΘΠ |
"Beta" |
Beta Chi Theta (Chapters) |
ΒΧΘ |
"Beta Chi" |
Delta Chi (Chapters) |
ΔΧ |
"D. Chi" |
Delta Epsilon Psi |
ΔΕΨ |
"DEPsi" |
Delta Kappa Epsilon (Chapters) |
ΔΚΕ |
"DKE" or "Deke" |
Delta Phi (Chapters) |
ΔΦ |
"D.Phi's" or "St. Elmo's" |
Delta Psi (Chapters) |
ΔΨ |
St. Anthony Hall |
Delta Sigma Phi (Chapters) |
ΔΣΦ |
"Delta Sig" or "Delt Sigs" or "DSP" or "Digs" or "Diggers" |
Delta Tau Delta (Chapters) |
ΔΤΔ |
"Delts" |
Delta Upsilon (Chapters) |
ΔΥ |
"DU" or "Ducks" |
FarmHouse (Chapters) |
FH |
"Farmers" |
Zeta Beta Tau (Chapters) |
ΖΒΤ |
"ZBT" or "Zebe" |
Zeta Psi (Chapters) |
ΖΨ |
"Zete" |
Theta Xi (Chapters) |
ΘΞ |
"The Taxi", "T X", "Zoo", "Zukes" |
Theta Chi (Chapters) |
ΘΧ |
"T-Chi" or "Ox" |
Theta Delta Chi (Chapters) |
ΘΔΧ |
"Theta Delt", "TDX" or "TDC" |
Iota Phi Theta |
ΙΦΘ |
"Iotas" or "I-Phi-Theta" |
Iota Nu Delta (Chapters) |
ΙΝΔ |
"IND" |
Kappa Alpha Order (Chapters) |
ΚΑ |
"KA" or "The Order" |
Kappa Alpha Psi (Chapters) |
ΚΑΨ |
"Kappas" or "Nupes" |
Kappa Alpha Society (Chapters) |
ΚΑ |
"KA" |
Kappa Delta Rho (Chapters) |
ΚΔΡ |
"KDR" |
Kappa Delta Phi (Chapters) |
ΚΔΦ |
|
Lambda Theta Phi (Chapters) |
ΛΘΦ |
"Lambdas" |
Lambda Sigma Upsilon (Chapters) |
ΛΣΥ |
"Upsilons", "LSU" |
Lambda Phi Epsilon (Chapters) |
ΛΦΕ |
"Lambdas", "LFE", "LiFE", or "LPhiE" |
Lambda Chi Alpha (Chapters) |
ΛΧΑ |
"Lambda Chi", "Chops", "Lambo" or "L Chi A" |
Nu Alpha Kappa (Chapters) |
ΝΑΚ |
"NAK's", "Nakos" |
Pi Kappa Alpha |
ΠΚΑ |
"Pi-K-A", "Pika", or "Pike" (traditional) |
Pi Kappa Phi (Chapters) |
ΠΚΦ |
"Pi Kapp", "PKP" |
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Chapters) |
ΣΑΕ |
"SAE", "Sig Alps", "E's", "Sleep And Eats" |
Sigma Alpha Mu (Chapters) |
ΣΑΜ |
"Sammy" or "SAM" |
Sigma Beta Rho |
ΣΒΡ |
"SigRho" |
Sigma Lambda Beta (Chapters) |
ΣΛΒ |
"Lambda Betas" or "Betas" |
Sigma Nu (Chapters) |
ΣΝ |
"Knights", "SigNu", "SNu", "Snakes", "Snukes" |
Sigma Pi (Chapters) |
ΣΠ |
"SigPi" "SPi" |
Sigma Phi Society |
ΣΦ |
|
Sigma Phi Delta (Chapters) |
ΣΦΔ |
"SigPhi" |
Sigma Phi Epsilon (Chapters) |
ΣΦΕ |
"SigEps" or "SPE" |
Sigma Chi (Chapters) |
ΣΧ |
"Sigs" |
Sigma Tau Gamma (Chapters) |
ΣΤΓ |
"SigTau" |
Tau Delta Phi |
ΤΔΦ |
"TauDelt" |
Tau Epsilon Phi (Chapters) |
ΤΕΦ |
"Tep" |
Tau Kappa Epsilon (Chapters) |
ΤΚΕ |
"TKE" or "Teke" |
Tau Phi Sigma (Chapters) |
ΤΦΣ |
|
Triangle Fraternity (Chapters) |
|
"Delta T" |
Phi Beta Sigma (Chapters) |
ΦΒΣ |
"Sigmas" |
Phi Gamma Delta (Chapters) |
FIJI |
"Phi Gam" or "FIJI" |
Phi Iota Alpha (Chapters) |
ΦΙΑ |
"Phiotas" |
Phi Kappa Theta (Chapters) |
ΦΚΘ |
"Phi Kap" |
Phi Kappa Sigma (Chapters) |
ΦΚΣ |
"Skulls" and "Phi Kaps" |
Phi Kappa Tau (Chapters) |
ΦΚΤ |
"Phi Tau", "PKT" |
Phi Kappa Psi (Chapters) |
ΦΚΨ |
"Phi Psi" |
Phi Lambda Chi (Chapters) |
ΦΛΧ |
"Phi Lambs" |
Phi Mu Delta (Chapters) |
ΦΜΔ |
"Phi Mud" or "Mudhouse" |
Phi Sigma Kappa (Chapters) |
ΦΣΚ |
"Phi Sig" or "PSK" |
Phi Sigma Phi |
ΦΣΦ |
"Phi Sig" |
Chi Phi (Chapters) |
ΧΦ |
"Chi Fly" or "Chi Phizzle" |
Chi Psi (Chapters) |
ΧΨ |
"Lodgers" |
Psi Upsilon (Chapters) |
ΨΥ |
"Psi U" |
Omega Delta Phi (Chapters) |
ΩΔΦ |
"ODPhi" |
Organization |
Symbol |
Nickname |
Alpha Gamma Omega |
ΑΓΩ |
"AGO" |
Alpha Psi Theta |
ΑΨΘ |
"A-Psi-T" or "Deuces" |
Alpha Iota Omicron |
ΑΙΟ |
"AIO" |
Beta Kappa Gamma |
ΒΚΓ |
"BKG" |
Beta Upsilon Chi |
ΒΥΧ |
"BYX" or "Bucks" |
Gamma Phi Sigma (Latino Greek) |
ΓΦΣ |
"Gammas" |
Gamma Omega Delta |
ΓΩΔ |
"GQs" |
Gamma Sigma Zeta |
ΓΣΖ |
"Smooth Kings" |
Delta Gamma Iota |
ΔΓΙ |
"DGI" or "Delts" |
Delta Lambda Phi |
ΔΛΦ |
"DLP" or "Del Phi" |
Delta Sigma Iota |
ΔΣΙ |
"DSI" |
Epsilon Chi Nu |
ΕΧΝ |
"E Chi's" or "E Chi Nu" |
Epsilon Sigma Rho |
ΕΣΡ |
"Sigma Rho's" or "Rho Dawgz" or "Rho's" |
Zeta Phi Rho |
ΖΦΡ |
"Zetas" |
Theta Alpha Omega |
ΘΑΩ |
"Thetas", "TAO" or "The Order" |
Theta Delta Beta |
ΘΔΒ |
"TDB", "Thetas", "The Dark Boyz" |
Theta Gamma |
ΘΓ |
"TG", "Theta Gamma" |
Kappa Omega Kappa |
ΚΩΚ |
"KOK" |
Kappa Omega |
ΚΩ |
"KO Order" |
Kappa Upsilon Chi |
ΚΥΧ |
"Kappa Chi" |
Sigma Delta Alpha (Latino Greek) |
ΣΔΑ |
"Sigmas" |
Sigma Lambda Beta (Latino Greek) |
ΣΛΒ |
"Betas" |
Sigma Lambda Phi |
ΣΛΦ |
"Lambdans, UNO, SLP" |
Sigma Phi Beta |
ΣΦΒ |
"Betas", "SFB" |
Sigma Tau Kappa |
ΣΤΚ |
"Sigma Taus", "Platypoints" |
Phi Delta Theta |
ΦΔΘ |
"Phi Delt" or "Phis" |
Phi Delta Psi |
ΦΔΨ |
"P. D. Psi" |
Phi Kappa Pi |
ΦΚΠ |
"Phi Kaps, PKP" |
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia |
ΦΜΑ |
"Sinfonians", "PMA", "Phi Mu A", "Men of the Highest Type" |
Phi Rho Eta |
ΦΡΗ |
"Etas" or "Eta Man" |
Phi Sigma Nu |
ΦΣΝ |
"Nu Tribe", "Nu warriors", "Phi Nu's", "Nu's" |
Phi Sigma Gamma |
ΦΣΓ |
"Phi Sig's" |
Chi Delta Chi |
ΧΔΧ |
"Chi-Delts" |
Omega Delta |
ΩΔ |
"OD" |
Saint Anthony Hall |
|
formerly Delta Psi |
Organization |
Symbol |
Nickname |
College or University |
Adelphikos |
Αδελφικοσ |
|
Grove City College |
Bones Gate |
BG |
"BG", "The Gate" |
Dartmouth College |
President's House Association |
PHA |
"PHA's" or "P-Ha's" |
Georgetown College (Kentucky) |
Seal and Serpent |
|
|
Cornell University |
Xi Delta Theta |
ΞΔΘ |
|
Carleton University, University of Ottawa |
Triphibian Guard |
TG |
"Tri Phi's" |
Seton Hall University |
Trojan Knights |
|
"Knights" |
University of Southern California |
Alpha Chi Alpha |
ΑΧΑ |
"A-Holes" |
Dartmouth College |
Alpha Delta |
ΑΔ |
"AD" |
Dartmouth College |
Alpha Kai Omega |
ΑΚΩ |
AKO |
W. D. Lowe High School |
Beta Epsilon Gamma Gamma Alpha Rho Sigma |
ΒΕΓΓΑΡΣ |
"Beggars" |
Loyola University New Orleans |
Beta Omega Phi |
ΒΩΦ |
|
University of Southern California |
Beta Sigma Beta |
ΒΣΒ |
|
Penn State University |
Beta Sigma Theta |
ΒΣΘ |
"Bet Sigs" |
Michigan Technological University |
Gamma Beta Lambda |
ΓΒΛ |
"Gammahouse" |
Vancouver, BC |
Gamma Epsilon Omega |
ΓΕΩ |
|
University of Southern California |
Gamma Sigma Zeta |
ΓΣΖ |
|
SUNY Cobleskill |
Delta Chi Epsilon |
ΔΧΕ |
"DXE" |
Niagara University |
Delta Gamma Iota |
ΔΓΙ |
|
Vincennes University and Ball State University |
Delta Phi Kappa |
ΔΦΚ |
|
University of Southern California |
Delta Omega Epsilon INC. |
ΔΩΕ |
"DOE"Nuts |
SUNY Schools |
Epsilon Kappa Theta |
ΕΚΘ |
|
Dartmouth College |
Kappa Gamma |
ΚΓ |
|
Gallaudet University |
Kappa Delta Epsilon |
ΚΔΕ |
|
Dartmouth College |
Kappa Kappa Kappa |
ΚΚΚ |
"Tri-Kap" |
Dartmouth College |
Kappa Lambda Psi |
ΚΛΨ/"KLP" |
|
Marist College |
Kappa Sigma Sigma |
ΚΣΣ |
|
University of Redlands |
Kappa Phi Epsilon |
ΚΦΕ |
|
University of Florida |
Lambda Theta Delta |
ΛΘΔ |
|
University of California, Irvine |
Nu Delta |
ΝΔ |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Xi Alpha Pi |
ΞΑΠ |
"XAP" or "Xi's" |
University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada |
Pi Rho Zeta |
ΠΡΖ |
|
Alfred State College |
Rho Lambda Theta |
PΛΘ |
"Rho Lambs", "PAO" |
Austin College |
Sigma Alpha Kappa |
ΣΑΚ |
"SAKs" |
Emory & Henry College |
Sigma Alpha Kappa |
ΣΑΚ |
|
Loyola University New Orleans |
Sigma Delta (ΣΔ) |
ΣΔ |
|
Dartmouth College |
Sigma Delta Lambda (Latina Greek) |
ΣΔΛ |
|
Texas State University - San Marcos, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M International University |
Sigma Delta Phi |
ΣΔΦ |
|
Grove City College |
Sigma Delta Upsilon |
ΣΔY |
|
California State University East Bay |
Sigma Theta Psi |
ΣΘΨ |
|
San Jose State University |
Sigma Phi Omicron |
ΣΦΟ |
"Sig-O" |
University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Sigma Psi |
ΣΨ |
|
Case Western Reserve University |
Sigma Omega Epsilon |
ΣΩΕ |
|
City University of New York |
Theta Rho Delta |
ΘΡΔ |
|
State University of New York at Delhi |
Phi Society |
Φ |
|
University of Virginia |
Phi Alpha Tau |
ΦΑΤ |
"Tau" |
Emerson College |
Phi Beta Epsilon |
ΦΒΕ |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Phi Eta Kappa |
ΦΗΚ |
|
University of Maine |
Phi Delta Alpha |
ΦΔΑ |
"Phi Delt" |
Dartmouth College |
Phi Gamma Epsilon |
ΦΓΕ |
|
Hiram College |
Phi Kappa Alpha, |
ΦΚΑ |
Cosmopolitan Fraternity or "Cosmos" |
Hope College |
Phi Lambda Rho (Latina Greek) |
ΦΛΡ |
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California State University, Stanislaus, California State University, Fresno, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Northridge |
Chi Alpha Nu |
ΧΑΝ |
|
Muskingum College |
Chi Gamma Epsilon |
ΧΓΕ |
"Chi Gam" |
Dartmouth College |
Chi Heorot |
ΧH |
"Heorot" |
Dartmouth College |
Omega Delta Phi |
ΩΔΦ |
|
State University of New York - Potsdam and Clarkson University [2] (unrecognized by university) |
Omega Delta Phi |
ΩΔΦ |
"ODPhi Frater" |
5 chapters in the Brooklyn Area [3] [4] (Defunct 1972) |
Omega Pi |
ΩΠ |
|
Dalhousie University |
Omega Upsilon |
ΩΥ |
|
Mount Olive College |
Omega Phi Gamma |
ΩΦΓ |
"OPhiG" or "Omegas" |
University of Texas at Austin |
Coeducational fraternities permit both male and female members.
<4. The Triphibian Guard Honor Guard and Drill Team, Courtesy of Msgr. William Noé Field Archives and Special Collections Center, Seton Hall University, S. Orange, New Jersey, February 2010 and ^ Delozier, Alan, et al. "History of Seton Hall". Walsh Library Archives.