About Us
Wheel Names builds clear, accessible browser-based decision tools for classrooms, teams, families, events, and everyday choices. Our main product is a free Wheel of Names that helps people turn an approved list into a visible, easy-to-follow random selection.
Last updated: July 30, 2026
Our mission
Our mission is to make simple group decisions easier to understand. A spinning wheel is useful because participants can see the eligible entries before the draw, watch the selection happen, and review the result. We focus on low-friction tools that work without requiring an account.
What Wheel Names builds
Random name pickers
Editable wheels for students, employees, party guests, teams, prizes, tasks, foods, and other user-supplied options.
Purpose-built wheel pages
Each specialized page starts with examples and guidance matched to its use case, rather than reusing unrelated copy.
Transparent controls
Elimination, weighting, multiple winners, history, Smart Fair Rotation, design controls, and draw receipts make the active rules easier to inspect.
Our product principles
- Useful immediately: the main tool is visible near the top of each wheel page.
- Clear rules: users should be able to see entries, modes, and probability-changing settings before a spin.
- Privacy-conscious defaults: ordinary wheel editing happens in the browser; sensitive information should never be entered.
- Accessible design: controls should work across screen sizes and support readable labels, contrast, and keyboard use.
- People-first content: guidance is written for the actual task on the page, not merely to repeat a keyword.
How our Wheel of Names works
The standard spinner uses browser-generated random values and maps them to the active entries. Specialized modes deliberately alter the available entries or their chances. For example, elimination removes a winner, weighting changes relative probability, and Smart Fair Rotation can prioritize people selected fewer times. The active mode should always match the rules announced to participants.
For technical detail, read our Randomness and Fairness page.
Responsible use
Wheel Names is intended for entertainment, classroom participation, routine assignments, and other suitable low-risk choices. A random spinner should not replace safeguarding, accessibility adjustments, professional judgment, legal obligations, or individualized decisions about employment, healthcare, education, finance, or safety.
Corrections and feedback
We review pages for clarity, technical accuracy, and usefulness. If you find a broken control, accessibility barrier, factual error, or unclear policy, use our Contact Us page. Our Editorial Policy explains how corrections and sources are handled.
Technical reference
The standard wheel relies on the browser cryptography interface described in MDN Web Docs: Crypto.getRandomValues().
