diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useAccountName.ts b/src/app/hooks/useAccountName.ts
index 76b1a5a441..ecdb3c3d05 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useAccountName.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useAccountName.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { SearchScope } from '../../types/searchScope'
+import Chance from 'chance'
 
 const NO_MATCH = '__no_match__'
 
@@ -7,6 +8,11 @@ type AccountNameInfo = {
   loading: boolean
 }
 
+/**
+ * Do we want to see some random names?
+ */
+const DEBUG_MODE = false
+
 /**
  * Look up the name of an account.
  */
@@ -14,7 +20,8 @@ const lookupName = (scope: SearchScope, _address: string): string | undefined =>
   switch (scope.layer) {
     // TODO: look up the data
     default:
-      return undefined
+      // If debug mode is on, return mock names in ~50% of the cases, no nome otherwise
+      return DEBUG_MODE && Math.random() < 0.5 ? new Chance().name() : undefined
   }
 }