Pick a random name from your group
Random Name Picker is the names-and-turn-order use of the shared Random Wheel: paste your list of names, spin once, and the Room shows everyone the same person. It fits picking who goes first, choosing a volunteer, or drawing a name for a task.
Quick facts
- Use
- Picking a person, a volunteer, or turn order
- Names
- Typed, pasted, or CSV import
- Shared result
- One winner for everyone in the Room
- Account
- No signup required
- History
- Per browser; never stored on an account
How it works
- Open Random Wheel in a Room and add or paste the names to draw from.
- Spin once; the App picks one name and shows it to everyone present.
- Remove that name and spin again to build a fair turn order.
What you can do
- Paste a list of names or import a CSV or JSON file.
- Turn on weights when some names should have a larger chance.
- Remove a winner so nobody is picked twice, then spin for the next turn.
- See the same winner in every participant's browser, with the animation playing locally.
- Use the wheel solo, where nothing is sent to a Room.
Why use it in a Free4Chat Room
Spinning is the fast part; agreeing on the result is the slow part. Because the winner is decided once and shared with the Room, nobody has to re-spin on their own device or compare screens, and the wheel sits beside the voice or chat where the group already is.
Limits & privacy
A very long list of names can be too large to share with the Room, and the App says so instead of quietly dropping names. Two people who press spin at almost the same moment settle on the first spin, and the manual-stop and mystery modes stay solo-only options. Everyone in the Room sees the same names and the same result, because the wheel has to be shared for the spin to be fair; names and results stay within the temporary Room participants' browsers and are not stored on an account.
Frequently asked questions
Can two people spin the wheel at the same time?
Spins that land within about a second of each other settle on the earlier one, so the Room still gets a single shared winner.
Who can see the list of names?
Everyone in the Room can see the shared wheel, because they all have to see the same spin. Solo use sends nothing anywhere.
Is there a maximum list size?
A shared wheel carries a long list, but an extremely long one can be too large to share with the Room; the App reports that instead of dropping names silently.