diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/threads/name/CustomThreadName.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/threads/name/CustomThreadName.java
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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.threads.name;
+
+public class CustomThreadName {
+
+    public int currentNumber = 1;
+
+    public int N = 5;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        CustomThreadName test = new CustomThreadName();
+
+        Thread oddThread = new Thread(() -> {
+            test.printOddNumber();
+            // Uncomment below to set thread name using setName() Method
+            // Thread.currentThread().setName("ODD");
+        }, "ODD");
+        // or Uncomment below to set thread name using setName() Method
+        // oddThread.setName("ODD");
+
+        Thread evenThread = new Thread(() -> {
+            test.printEvenNumber();
+            // Uncomment below to set thread name using setName() Method
+            // Thread.currentThread().setName("EVEN");
+        }, "EVEN");
+
+        // evenThread.setName("EVEN");
+
+        evenThread.start();
+        oddThread.start();
+
+    }
+
+    public void printEvenNumber() {
+        synchronized (this) {
+            while (currentNumber < N) {
+                while (currentNumber % 2 == 1) {
+                    try {
+                        wait();
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                }
+                System.out.println(Thread.currentThread()
+                    .getName() + " --> " + currentNumber);
+                currentNumber++;
+                notify();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void printOddNumber() {
+        synchronized (this) {
+            while (currentNumber < N) {
+                while (currentNumber % 2 == 0) {
+                    try {
+                        wait();
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                }
+                System.out.println(Thread.currentThread()
+                    .getName() + " --> " + currentNumber);
+                currentNumber++;
+                notify();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}