Name badge maker — print event name tags from a list of names

How to use the name badge maker

1. Enter the Event name. It prints in the coloured band at the top of every badge.
2. Paste Attendees (one per line: Name, Role). The role is optional.
3. Choose the Badge size: 85 × 55 mm (card size), 90 × 60 mm, or 4 × 3 in (101.6 × 76.2 mm).
4. Pick an Accent colour, decide on Cut lines, and set Paper size to A4 or US Letter.
5. Check the count and the preview, then press Print / Save as PDF.

What it does and when to use it

Name badges help people at meetups, workshops, conferences, school open days and volunteer shifts talk to each other without awkward guessing. Typing each one into a template is slow; this tool takes the whole guest list at once and makes as many sheets as you need.

Clean up a messy sign-up export first with the contact list formatter. For the rest of the event paperwork, the certificate maker produces attendance certificates and the printable checklist maker covers the set-up list.

How it works

Each line is split at the first comma into a name and a role. The tool works out how many badges fit on the paper: the page width and height minus 8 mm margins, divided by the badge size plus a 5 mm gap, rounded down. The grid is centred on the page.

On every badge, the event name sits in a band of your accent colour across the top in small white bold type. The name is printed large and bold in the middle, at 19 pt for the two smaller sizes and 24 pt for 4 × 3 in, with the role underneath in grey. Corners are rounded.

Worked examples

The preset meetup. Five attendees for “Product Design Meetup 2026” in card size on A4 give Badges: 5, laid out as 2 across in 85 mm columns. Sam Ortiz has no comma, so his badge shows only his name.

Large badges on Letter. Size 4 × 3 in on US Letter makes a single column, repeat(1,101.6mm), because two 101.6 mm badges plus the gap and margins are wider than the page. Five people need two sheets: three on the first, two on the second.

A role with a comma. The line Ana Lima, Volunteer, Main hall gives the name “Ana Lima” and the role “Volunteer, Main hall”.

Limits and tips

• Very long names can wrap onto two lines. Use a shorter form such as first name and surname only.
• Print on thick paper or card so badges stay flat in their holders.
• Set the print scale to 100% so badges come out at the size you chose.