diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 9dbd6a5..03fbcfc 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
   const btnHeal = document.getElementById('btn-action-heal');
   const feedDrawer = document.getElementById('feed-options-drawer');
 
+  // Name inputs / dynamic name labels
+  const inputTurtleNameStart = document.getElementById('input-turtle-name-start');
+  const beachingTurtleName = document.getElementById('beaching-turtle-name');
+  const bonusTurtleName = document.getElementById('bonus-turtle-name');
+
   // HUD Outputs
   const displayTurtleName = document.getElementById('display-turtle-name');
   const displayTurtleSpecies = document.getElementById('display-turtle-species');
@@ -1248,6 +1253,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
         bonusInfoCard.classList.add('hidden');
       }
 
+      bonusTurtleName.textContent = turtleName;
       modals.migrationSuccess.classList.remove('hidden');
     } else {
       // Fail! Game over
@@ -2185,6 +2191,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
   // 9. BEACHING / TOURIST SHIELD EVENT
   // ==========================================
   function initBeachingPhase() {
+    beachingTurtleName.textContent = turtleName;
     beachingProgress = 0;
     beachingProgressFill.style.width = '0%';
     beachingProgressText.textContent = '0%';
@@ -2384,6 +2391,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
 
   // Start Conservation Game
   btnStartGame.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    turtleName = sanitizeName(inputTurtleNameStart.value);
     changeState(STATES.BEACH);
   });
 
@@ -2397,14 +2405,16 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
     document.getElementById('beach-tutorial-overlay').classList.add('hidden');
   });
 
-  // Migration Success Continue Action
+  // Migration Success Continue Action — the turtle was already named at the
+  // start, so head straight into the ocean.
   btnMigrationContinue.addEventListener('click', () => {
     modals.migrationSuccess.classList.add('hidden');
-    modals.rename.classList.remove('hidden');
+    changeState(STATES.OCEAN);
   });
 
   // Rename Turtle Action
   btnRenameTurtle.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    document.getElementById('input-turtle-name').value = turtleName;
     modals.rename.classList.remove('hidden');
   });
 
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e0f269b..558403e 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
           </label>
         </div>
 
+        <label for="input-turtle-name-start" class="intro-action"><strong>Name your turtle:</strong></label>
+        <input type="text" id="input-turtle-name-start" maxlength="12" placeholder="Shelly" class="text-input">
+
         <button id="btn-start-game" class="btn-primary btn-pulse">Start Conservation Game</button>
       </div>
 
@@ -530,7 +533,7 @@
 
         <!-- HUD Alerts -->
         <div class="beaching-instructions-card">
-          <p>💤 Shelly has beached to rest and digest. <strong>Ignorant tourists are trying to crowd closer for selfies!</strong></p>
+          <p>💤 <span id="beaching-turtle-name">Shelly</span> has beached to rest and digest. <strong>Ignorant tourists are trying to crowd closer for selfies!</strong></p>
           <p class="text-accent"><strong>Tap tourists to push them back outside the 10-foot boundary!</strong></p>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -602,7 +605,7 @@
 
       <div id="bonus-info-card" class="bonus-box hidden">
         <h4>🎉 Conservation Goodies Awarded!</h4>
-        <p>Superb beach management! Since you beat the unmanaged average of 25% (> 5 hatchlings), Shelly starts the ocean journey with: <strong>+20 Joy</strong>, <strong>+20 Fullness</strong>, and a **+20 Health** head-start!</p>
+        <p>Superb beach management! Since you beat the unmanaged average of 25% (> 5 hatchlings), <span id="bonus-turtle-name">Shelly</span> starts the ocean journey with: <strong>+20 Joy</strong>, <strong>+20 Fullness</strong>, and a **+20 Health** head-start!</p>
       </div>
 
       <button id="btn-migration-continue" class="btn-primary">Continue to Ocean Journey</button>