diff --git a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/actions.ts b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/actions.ts
index 56cc384756..5733df85a3 100644
--- a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/actions.ts
+++ b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/actions.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   SubscriberCount,
   SetSubscriberCountActionType,
   UpdateSegmentActionData,
+  Segment,
 } from '../types';
 import { storeName } from './constants';
 
@@ -156,10 +157,11 @@ export function* handleSave(segmentId?: number): Generator<{
 
 export function* createFromTemplate(): Generator<{
   type: string;
-  segment?: AnyFormItem;
+  segment?: Segment;
 }> {
   MailPoet.Modal.loading(true);
   const segment = select(storeName).getSegment();
+  segment.force_creation = true; // create segment with a random name if one with the same name already exists
   yield setErrors([]);
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
   // @ts-ignore -- I don't know how to configure typescript to understand this
diff --git a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/controls.ts b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/controls.ts
index 5980e7b423..3ccddeda67 100644
--- a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/controls.ts
+++ b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/store/controls.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { MailPoet } from 'mailpoet';
 import { assign, has } from 'lodash/fp';
 
-import { AnyFormItem } from '../types';
+import { AnyFormItem, Segment } from '../types';
 import { isErrorResponse } from '../../../ajax';
 
 function convertSavedData(data: Record<string, string | number>): AnyFormItem {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export async function SAVE_SEGMENT(actionData): Promise<{
   success: boolean;
   error?: string[];
 }> {
-  const segment: AnyFormItem = actionData.segment;
+  const segment: Segment = actionData.segment;
   try {
     const response = await MailPoet.Ajax.post({
       api_version: MailPoet.apiVersion,
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ export async function SAVE_SEGMENT(actionData): Promise<{
       action: 'save',
       data: segment,
     });
+
     segment.id = response.data.id;
+    segment.name = response.data.name;
+
     return {
       success: true,
     };
diff --git a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/types.ts b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/types.ts
index 755072bb84..28e33d43e5 100644
--- a/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/types.ts
+++ b/mailpoet/assets/js/src/segments/dynamic/types.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export type Segment = {
   description?: string;
   filters_connect?: SegmentConnectTypes;
   filters?: AnyFormItem[];
+  force_creation?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type AnyFormItem =
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Segments/DynamicSegments/SegmentSaveController.php b/mailpoet/lib/Segments/DynamicSegments/SegmentSaveController.php
index 29a5e5e0e5..4782c21a80 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Segments/DynamicSegments/SegmentSaveController.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Segments/DynamicSegments/SegmentSaveController.php
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ class SegmentSaveController {
   public function save(array $data = []): SegmentEntity {
     $id = isset($data['id']) ? (int)$data['id'] : null;
     $name = $data['name'] ?? '';
+
+    if (!$this->segmentsRepository->isNameUnique($name, null) && isset($data['force_creation']) && $data['force_creation'] === 'true') {
+      $name = $name . ' (' . wp_generate_password(12, false) . ')';
+    }
+
     $description = $data['description'] ?? '';
     $filtersData = $this->filterDataMapper->map($data);