diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py
index 1dba43f4b..7bc7ab5d2 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py
@@ -786,6 +786,11 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
                         )
         return self
 
+    @property
+    def display_name(self) -> str:
+        """Effective crew name for telemetry and UI, falling back to class name."""
+        return self.name or type(self).__name__
+
     @property
     def key(self) -> str:
         source: list[str] = [agent.key for agent in self.agents] + [
@@ -853,7 +858,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTrainStartedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                     n_iterations=n_iterations,
                     filename=filename,
                     inputs=inputs,
@@ -881,7 +886,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTrainCompletedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                     n_iterations=n_iterations,
                     filename=filename,
                 ),
@@ -891,7 +896,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
                 self,
                 CrewTrainFailedEvent(
                     error=str(e),
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                 ),
             )
             self._logger.log("error", f"Training failed: {e}", color="red")
@@ -977,7 +982,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
                 self,
                 CrewKickoffFailedEvent(
                     error=str(e),
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                     started_event_id=self._kickoff_event_id,
                 ),
             )
@@ -1188,7 +1193,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
                 self,
                 CrewKickoffFailedEvent(
                     error=str(e),
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                     started_event_id=self._kickoff_event_id,
                 ),
             )
@@ -1794,7 +1799,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
         crewai_event_bus.emit(
             self,
             CrewKickoffCompletedEvent(
-                crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                crew_name=self.display_name,
                 output=final_task_output,
                 total_tokens=self.token_usage.total_tokens,
                 started_event_id=self._kickoff_event_id,
@@ -2056,7 +2061,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTestStartedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                     n_iterations=n_iterations,
                     eval_llm=llm_instance,
                     inputs=inputs,
@@ -2075,7 +2080,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTestCompletedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                 ),
             )
         except Exception as e:
@@ -2083,7 +2088,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
                 self,
                 CrewTestFailedEvent(
                     error=str(e),
-                    crew_name=self.name or self.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.display_name,
                 ),
             )
             raise
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crews/utils.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crews/utils.py
index 1df49a278..70b6874c7 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crews/utils.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crews/utils.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def prepare_kickoff(
             fmt = ConsoleFormatter(verbose=True)
             content = fmt.create_status_content(
                 "Resuming from Checkpoint",
-                crew.name or crew.__class__.__name__,
+                crew.display_name,
                 "bright_magenta",
                 ID=str(crew.id),
             )
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def prepare_kickoff(
             )
     else:
         started_event = CrewKickoffStartedEvent(
-            crew_name=crew.name or crew.__class__.__name__,
+            crew_name=crew.display_name,
             inputs=normalized,
         )
         crew._kickoff_event_id = started_event.event_id
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/crew_evaluator_handler.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/crew_evaluator_handler.py
index 669765b6b..5f469c313 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/crew_evaluator_handler.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/crew_evaluator_handler.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class CrewEvaluator:
                     quality=quality_score,
                     execution_duration=current_task.execution_duration,
                     model=getattr(self.llm, "model", str(self.llm)),
-                    crew_name=self.crew.name or self.crew.__class__.__name__,
+                    crew_name=self.crew.display_name,
                     crew=self.crew,
                 ),
             )