diff --git a/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePage.tsx b/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePage.tsx
index fff425689bb24..183fbc1aceaae 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePage.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const CreateWorkspacePage: FC = () => {
   } = createWorkspaceState.context
   const [searchParams] = useSearchParams()
   const defaultParameterValues = getDefaultParameterValues(searchParams)
+  const name = getName(searchParams)
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const CreateWorkspacePage: FC = () => {
         <title>{pageTitle("Create Workspace")}</title>
       </Helmet>
       <CreateWorkspacePageView
+        name={name}
         defaultParameterValues={defaultParameterValues}
         loadingTemplates={createWorkspaceState.matches("gettingTemplates")}
         loadingTemplateSchema={createWorkspaceState.matches(
@@ -96,6 +98,10 @@ const CreateWorkspacePage: FC = () => {
   )
 }
 
+const getName = (urlSearchParams: URLSearchParams): string => {
+  return urlSearchParams.get("name") ?? ""
+}
+
 const getDefaultParameterValues = (
   urlSearchParams: URLSearchParams,
 ): Record<string, string> => {
diff --git a/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePageView.tsx b/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePageView.tsx
index 2be426b1ae442..85c53a52b0a8b 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePageView.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/CreateWorkspacePage/CreateWorkspacePageView.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export enum CreateWorkspaceErrors {
 }
 
 export interface CreateWorkspacePageViewProps {
+  name: string
   loadingTemplates: boolean
   loadingTemplateSchema: boolean
   creatingWorkspace: boolean
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ export const CreateWorkspacePageView: FC<
   const form: FormikContextType<TypesGen.CreateWorkspaceRequest> =
     useFormik<TypesGen.CreateWorkspaceRequest>({
       initialValues: {
-        name: "",
+        name: props.name,
         template_id: props.selectedTemplate ? props.selectedTemplate.id : "",
         rich_parameter_values: initialRichParameterValues,
       },