About Spin the Name

Last updated: 2026-11-01

With Spin the Name, a free website, you type names or other choices, one per line, and spin a wheel to pick one at random. You can use it straight away, with no sign-up. Besides the main wheel there are pages for deciding a presentation order and choosing a lunch menu, and every page has an English and a Korean version.

Who runs it

The site’s operator appears on it only under the alias Pin.

How a pick is made

Which item comes up is settled before the wheel starts moving, using secure random numbers made by your browser. Every item on the wheel has an equal chance, and the spin only shows a result that has already been chosen. How it works explains the method in more detail.

Privacy in brief

On the wheel pages, your lists are saved in your browser, and the site itself has no feature that sends them anywhere else. It has no feature that uses cookies either, and there are no ads or analytics tools at present. The Privacy Policy has the full details, including how inquiry emails are handled.

Accessibility

• To spin with a keyboard, move to the wheel with Tab and press Enter or Space.
• During a spin, Esc, or a second press on the wheel (also with Enter or Space) at least 0.5 seconds after the start, ends it at once and shows the result.
• “Reduce motion” follows your device setting at first; with it on, the wheel does not turn and the result appears straight away.
• The picked name appears as text in a result window, and when the window opens, its “Spin again” button is selected.
• Sound is off by default.
• Automated tests run in Chrome checked the English home page, in both light and dark mode, for text contrast of at least 4.5:1, contrast of at least 3:1 for shapes such as the pointer and borders, and buttons of at least 44 by 44 pixels.

Real screen readers (NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack) have not yet been used to test the site. If something on the site gets in your way, please say so.

Getting in touch

The operator can be reached by email, and the Contact page has the address and what to include.