diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_listener.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_listener.py
index c4cc6cb71..8c20eba23 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_listener.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_listener.py
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ class TraceCollectionListener(BaseEventListener):
         """
         user_context = self._get_user_context()
         execution_metadata = {
-            "crew_name": getattr(event, "crew_name", "Unknown Crew"),
+            "crew_name": getattr(event, "crew_name", None) or "Unknown Crew",
             "execution_start": event.timestamp,
             "crewai_version": get_crewai_version(),
         }
@@ -791,7 +791,11 @@ class TraceCollectionListener(BaseEventListener):
         if not self.batch_manager.is_batch_initialized():
             user_context = self._get_user_context()
             execution_metadata = {
-                "crew_name": getattr(source, "name", "Unknown Crew"),
+                "crew_name": (
+                    getattr(source, "display_name", None)
+                    or getattr(source, "name", None)
+                    or "Unknown Crew"
+                ),
                 "crewai_version": get_crewai_version(),
             }
             self._initialize_batch(user_context, execution_metadata)