Custom team names tip
Open the 'Custom' name option and paste your project codenames or themed names ('Wolves', 'Ravens', 'Foxes' or 'Apollo', 'Gemini', 'Mercury'). Custom names dramatically increase how memorable a team feels.
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Mix departments fairly so every breakout group has a mix of design, engineering, sales, and ops — without picking favourites.
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When to use this
For internal hackathons, retreats, away-days, and quarterly off-sites. Custom team naming lets you align with brand colours, project codenames, or department in-jokes.
Step by step
- 1
Paste team list
Names from your HR roster or invite list.
- 2
Pick 4-6 per team
4 is the sweet spot for hackathons.
- 3
Add custom names
Project codenames or department themes.
- 4
Share the result
Drop into Slack or Teams.
Cross-functional balance trick
Run the generator separately for each department, then merge one entry from each into a master team list. The tool's randomness is per-list, so this manual step is the easiest way to guarantee cross-functional teams.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is employee data safe?
Yes — it never leaves the browser. No analytics, no servers.
Can I weight by seniority?
Use the 1–5 rating with seniority as the proxy: 5 = senior, 1 = junior.
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