A wheel of names
Popular boys’ and girls’ names, taking turns on the wheel. Spin it when you need a name and nothing comes to mind.
What it is good for
- Looking for a baby name, or just enjoying the search.
- Naming characters in a story, a role-playing game or a video game.
- Coming up with a nickname or a pen name.
- Language lessons, when every example sentence needs a new name.
Want to pick from real people – your class or your team? Put their names on your own wheel instead; it takes a minute.
Boys, girls or both
Two buttons next to the wheel switch each group on or off. With both on, the names alternate, so the wheel stays mixed:
Make a shortlist
Open a group and untick the names you would never choose – they leave the wheel:
Every name that comes out is written into Past winners, and by the end of the evening that is your shortlist: