diff --git a/analytics/tests/test_counts.py b/analytics/tests/test_counts.py
index 0d9b9b37ad..8145fde78d 100644
--- a/analytics/tests/test_counts.py
+++ b/analytics/tests/test_counts.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ from zerver.lib.user_counts import realm_user_count_by_role
 from zerver.lib.utils import assert_is_not_none
 from zerver.models import (
     Client,
-    Huddle,
+    DirectMessageGroup,
     Message,
     NamedUserGroup,
     PreregistrationUser,
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ class AnalyticsTestCase(ZulipTestCase):
         stream.save(update_fields=["recipient"])
         return stream, recipient
 
-    def create_huddle_with_recipient(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Tuple[Huddle, Recipient]:
+    def create_huddle_with_recipient(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Tuple[DirectMessageGroup, Recipient]:
         self.name_counter += 1
         defaults = {"huddle_hash": f"hash{self.name_counter}"}
         for key, value in defaults.items():
             kwargs[key] = kwargs.get(key, value)
-        huddle = Huddle.objects.create(**kwargs)
+        huddle = DirectMessageGroup.objects.create(**kwargs)
         recipient = Recipient.objects.create(type_id=huddle.id, type=Recipient.DIRECT_MESSAGE_GROUP)
         huddle.recipient = recipient
         huddle.save(update_fields=["recipient"])
diff --git a/tools/rebuild-test-database b/tools/rebuild-test-database
index 73cdad017d..70ca2550a2 100755
--- a/tools/rebuild-test-database
+++ b/tools/rebuild-test-database
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ create_zulip_test
 
 ./manage.py dumpdata \
     zerver.UserProfile zerver.Stream zerver.Recipient \
-    zerver.Subscription zerver.Message zerver.Huddle zerver.Realm \
+    zerver.Subscription zerver.Message zerver.DirectMessageGroup zerver.Realm \
     zerver.UserMessage zerver.Client \
     zerver.DefaultStream >zerver/tests/fixtures/messages.json
 
diff --git a/zerver/data_import/import_util.py b/zerver/data_import/import_util.py
index 7cc5cb7377..f053a5b1c2 100644
--- a/zerver/data_import/import_util.py
+++ b/zerver/data_import/import_util.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from zerver.lib.partial import partial
 from zerver.lib.stream_color import STREAM_ASSIGNMENT_COLORS as STREAM_COLORS
 from zerver.models import (
     Attachment,
-    Huddle,
+    DirectMessageGroup,
     Message,
     Realm,
     RealmEmoji,
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def build_stream(
 
 
 def build_direct_message_group(direct_message_group_id: int) -> ZerverFieldsT:
-    direct_message_group = Huddle(
+    direct_message_group = DirectMessageGroup(
         id=direct_message_group_id,
     )
     return model_to_dict(direct_message_group)
diff --git a/zerver/lib/export.py b/zerver/lib/export.py
index 149a406c76..9113ef2c64 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/export.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/export.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ from zerver.models import (
     CustomProfileField,
     CustomProfileFieldValue,
     DefaultStream,
+    DirectMessageGroup,
     GroupGroupMembership,
-    Huddle,
     Message,
     MutedUser,
     NamedUserGroup,
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ def custom_fetch_direct_message_groups(response: TableData, context: Context) ->
     )
     realm_huddle_recipient_ids = {sub.recipient_id for sub in realm_huddle_subs}
 
-    # Mark all Huddles whose recipient ID contains a cross-realm user.
+    # Mark all Direct Message groups whose recipient ID contains a cross-realm user.
     unsafe_huddle_recipient_ids = set()
     for sub in Subscription.objects.select_related("user_profile").filter(
         recipient__in=realm_huddle_recipient_ids
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ def custom_fetch_direct_message_groups(response: TableData, context: Context) ->
 
     response["_huddle_recipient"] = huddle_recipients
     response["_huddle_subscription"] = huddle_subscription_dicts
-    response["zerver_huddle"] = make_raw(Huddle.objects.filter(id__in=huddle_ids))
+    response["zerver_huddle"] = make_raw(DirectMessageGroup.objects.filter(id__in=huddle_ids))
 
 
 def custom_fetch_scheduled_messages(response: TableData, context: Context) -> None:
diff --git a/zerver/lib/import_realm.py b/zerver/lib/import_realm.py
index 0ed611f37d..085efb316d 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/import_realm.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/import_realm.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ from zerver.models import (
     CustomProfileField,
     CustomProfileFieldValue,
     DefaultStream,
+    DirectMessageGroup,
     GroupGroupMembership,
-    Huddle,
     Message,
     MutedUser,
     NamedUserGroup,
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ def disable_restricted_authentication_methods(data: TableData) -> None:
 # * Realm's announcements_streams and group_permissions
 # * UserProfile, in order by ID to avoid bot loop issues
 # * Now can do all realm_tables
-# * Huddle
+# * DirectMessageGroup
 # * Recipient
 # * Subscription
 # * Message
@@ -1232,10 +1232,10 @@ def do_import_realm(import_dir: Path, subdomain: str, processes: int = 1) -> Rea
             realm_emoji.save(update_fields=["author_id"])
 
     if "zerver_huddle" in data:
-        update_model_ids(Huddle, data, "huddle")
-        # We don't import Huddle yet, since we don't have the data to
-        # compute direct message group hashes until we've imported some
-        # of the tables below.
+        update_model_ids(DirectMessageGroup, data, "huddle")
+        # We don't import DirectMessageGroup yet, since we don't have
+        # the data to compute direct message group hashes until we've
+        # imported some of the tables below.
         # We can't get direct message group hashes without processing
         # subscriptions first, during which
         # get_direct_message_groups_from_subscription is called.
@@ -1317,8 +1317,8 @@ def do_import_realm(import_dir: Path, subdomain: str, processes: int = 1) -> Rea
 
     if "zerver_huddle" in data:
         process_direct_message_group_hash(data, "zerver_huddle")
-        bulk_import_model(data, Huddle)
-        for direct_message_group in Huddle.objects.filter(recipient=None):
+        bulk_import_model(data, DirectMessageGroup)
+        for direct_message_group in DirectMessageGroup.objects.filter(recipient=None):
             recipient = Recipient.objects.get(
                 type=Recipient.DIRECT_MESSAGE_GROUP, type_id=direct_message_group.id
             )
diff --git a/zerver/lib/narrow.py b/zerver/lib/narrow.py
index c26d96fef5..8ce03ebe0d 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/narrow.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/narrow.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ from zerver.lib.validator import (
     check_string_or_int_list,
 )
 from zerver.models import (
-    Huddle,
+    DirectMessageGroup,
     Message,
     Realm,
     Recipient,
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ class NarrowBuilder:
             )
         except (JsonableError, ValidationError):
             raise BadNarrowOperatorError("unknown user in " + str(operand))
-        except Huddle.DoesNotExist:
+        except DirectMessageGroup.DoesNotExist:
             # Group DM where huddle doesn't exist
             return query.where(maybe_negate(false()))
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/recipient_users.py b/zerver/lib/recipient_users.py
index 0c42e1a0f0..9f44e249b7 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/recipient_users.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/recipient_users.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
-from zerver.models import Huddle, Recipient, UserProfile
+from zerver.models import DirectMessageGroup, Recipient, UserProfile
 from zerver.models.recipients import (
     get_direct_message_group_hash,
     get_or_create_direct_message_group,
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ def get_recipient_from_user_profiles(
     if create:
         direct_message_group = get_or_create_direct_message_group(user_ids)
     else:
-        # We intentionally let the Huddle.DoesNotExist escape, in the
-        # case that there is no such direct message group, and the user
-        # passed create=False
-        direct_message_group = Huddle.objects.get(
+        # We intentionally let the DirectMessageGroup.DoesNotExist escape,
+        # in the case that there is no such direct message group, and the
+        # user passed create=False
+        direct_message_group = DirectMessageGroup.objects.get(
             huddle_hash=get_direct_message_group_hash(user_ids)
         )
     return Recipient(
diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
index 6f8797c683..888cc629bd 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def use_db_models(
         DefaultStream = apps.get_model("zerver", "DefaultStream")
         DefaultStreamGroup = apps.get_model("zerver", "DefaultStreamGroup")
         EmailChangeStatus = apps.get_model("zerver", "EmailChangeStatus")
-        Huddle = apps.get_model("zerver", "Huddle")
+        DirectMessageGroup = apps.get_model("zerver", "DirectMessageGroup")
         Message = apps.get_model("zerver", "Message")
         MultiuseInvite = apps.get_model("zerver", "MultiuseInvite")
         OnboardingStep = apps.get_model("zerver", "OnboardingStep")
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ def use_db_models(
             DefaultStream=DefaultStream,
             DefaultStreamGroup=DefaultStreamGroup,
             EmailChangeStatus=EmailChangeStatus,
-            Huddle=Huddle,
+            DirectMessageGroup=DirectMessageGroup,
             Message=Message,
             MultiuseInvite=MultiuseInvite,
             UserTopic=UserTopic,
diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/delete_realm.py b/zerver/management/commands/delete_realm.py
index 8d59c80af8..6b7dedb22f 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/delete_realm.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/delete_realm.py
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ realms used for testing; consider using deactivate_realm instead."""
         # storage; failing to do this leaves dangling files
         do_delete_all_realm_attachments(realm)
 
-        # TODO: This approach leaks Recipient and Huddle objects,
-        # because those don't have a foreign key to the Realm or any
-        # other model it cascades to (Realm/Stream/UserProfile/etc.).
+        # TODO: This approach leaks Recipient and DirectMessageGroup
+        # objects, because those don't have a foreign key to the Realm
+        # or any other model it cascades to (Realm/Stream/UserProfile/etc.).
         realm.delete()
 
         print("Realm has been successfully permanently deleted.")
diff --git a/zerver/migrations/0546_rename_huddle_directmessagegroup_and_more.py b/zerver/migrations/0546_rename_huddle_directmessagegroup_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af757a7bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zerver/migrations/0546_rename_huddle_directmessagegroup_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.6 on 2024-07-05 10:44
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("zerver", "0545_attachment_content_type"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.SeparateDatabaseAndState(
+            database_operations=[],
+            state_operations=[
+                migrations.RenameModel(old_name="Huddle", new_name="DirectMessageGroup"),
+                migrations.AlterModelTable(name="directmessagegroup", table="zerver_huddle"),
+            ],
+        )
+    ]
diff --git a/zerver/models/__init__.py b/zerver/models/__init__.py
index 56cf65838c..d2a5954c7d 100644
--- a/zerver/models/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/models/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from zerver.models.realm_playgrounds import RealmPlayground as RealmPlayground
 from zerver.models.realms import Realm as Realm
 from zerver.models.realms import RealmAuthenticationMethod as RealmAuthenticationMethod
 from zerver.models.realms import RealmDomain as RealmDomain
-from zerver.models.recipients import Huddle as Huddle
+from zerver.models.recipients import DirectMessageGroup as DirectMessageGroup
 from zerver.models.recipients import Recipient as Recipient
 from zerver.models.scheduled_jobs import AbstractScheduledJob as AbstractScheduledJob
 from zerver.models.scheduled_jobs import MissedMessageEmailAddress as MissedMessageEmailAddress
diff --git a/zerver/models/recipients.py b/zerver/models/recipients.py
index 6ecc2f2632..553ede0253 100644
--- a/zerver/models/recipients.py
+++ b/zerver/models/recipients.py
@@ -21,18 +21,20 @@ class Recipient(models.Model):
     of audiences Zulip supports for a message.
 
     Recipient has just two attributes: The enum type, and a type_id,
-    which is the ID of the UserProfile/Stream/Huddle object containing
-    all the metadata for the audience. There are 3 recipient types:
+    which is the ID of the UserProfile/Stream/DirectMessageGroup object
+    containing all the metadata for the audience. There are 3 recipient
+    types:
 
     1. 1:1 direct message: The type_id is the ID of the UserProfile
        who will receive any message to this Recipient. The sender
        of such a message is represented separately.
     2. Stream message: The type_id is the ID of the associated Stream.
     3. Group direct message: In Zulip, group direct messages are
-       represented by Huddle objects, which encode the set of users
-       in the conversation. The type_id is the ID of the associated Huddle
-       object; the set of users is usually retrieved via the Subscription
-       table. See the Huddle model for details.
+       represented by DirectMessageGroup objects, which encode the set of
+       users in the conversation. The type_id is the ID of the associated
+       DirectMessageGroup object; the set of users is usually retrieved
+       via the Subscription table. See the DirectMessageGroup model for
+       details.
 
     See also the Subscription model, which stores which UserProfile
     objects are subscribed to which Recipient objects.
@@ -112,26 +114,33 @@ def bulk_get_direct_message_group_user_ids(recipient_ids: List[int]) -> Dict[int
     return result_dict
 
 
-class Huddle(models.Model):
+class DirectMessageGroup(models.Model):
     """
     Represents a group of individuals who may have a
     group direct message conversation together.
 
-    The membership of the Huddle is stored in the Subscription table just like with
-    Streams - for each user in the Huddle, there is a Subscription object
-    tied to the UserProfile and the Huddle's recipient object.
+    The membership of the DirectMessageGroup is stored in the Subscription
+    table just like with Streams - for each user in the DirectMessageGroup,
+    there is a Subscription object tied to the UserProfile and the
+    DirectMessageGroup's recipient object.
 
     A hash of the list of user IDs is stored in the huddle_hash field
     below, to support efficiently mapping from a set of users to the
-    corresponding Huddle object.
+    corresponding DirectMessageGroup object.
     """
 
     # TODO: We should consider whether using
     # CommaSeparatedIntegerField would be better.
     huddle_hash = models.CharField(max_length=40, db_index=True, unique=True)
-    # Foreign key to the Recipient object for this Huddle.
+    # Foreign key to the Recipient object for this DirectMessageGroup.
     recipient = models.ForeignKey(Recipient, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
 
+    # TODO: The model still uses the old "zerver_huddle" database table.
+    # As a part of the migration of "Huddle" to "DirectMessageGroup"
+    # it needs to be renamed to "zerver_directmessagegroup".
+    class Meta:
+        db_table = "zerver_huddle"
+
 
 def get_direct_message_group_hash(id_list: List[int]) -> str:
     id_list = sorted(set(id_list))
@@ -139,17 +148,18 @@ def get_direct_message_group_hash(id_list: List[int]) -> str:
     return hashlib.sha1(hash_key.encode()).hexdigest()
 
 
-def get_or_create_direct_message_group(id_list: List[int]) -> Huddle:
+def get_or_create_direct_message_group(id_list: List[int]) -> DirectMessageGroup:
     """
-    Takes a list of user IDs and returns the Huddle object for the
-    group consisting of these users. If the Huddle object does not
-    yet exist, it will be transparently created.
+    Takes a list of user IDs and returns the DirectMessageGroup
+    object for the group consisting of these users. If the
+    DirectMessageGroup object does not yet exist, it will be
+    transparently created.
     """
     from zerver.models import Subscription, UserProfile
 
     direct_message_group_hash = get_direct_message_group_hash(id_list)
     with transaction.atomic():
-        (direct_message_group, created) = Huddle.objects.get_or_create(
+        (direct_message_group, created) = DirectMessageGroup.objects.get_or_create(
             huddle_hash=direct_message_group_hash
         )
         if created:
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py b/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py
index 5720fb934d..39eff0dc9e 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ from zerver.models import (
     BotStorageData,
     CustomProfileField,
     CustomProfileFieldValue,
+    DirectMessageGroup,
     GroupGroupMembership,
-    Huddle,
     Message,
     MutedUser,
     NamedUserGroup,
@@ -584,12 +584,12 @@ class RealmImportExportTest(ExportFile):
         self.send_group_direct_message(
             self.example_user("iago"), [self.example_user("cordelia"), self.example_user("AARON")]
         )
-        direct_message_group_a = Huddle.objects.last()
+        direct_message_group_a = DirectMessageGroup.objects.last()
         self.send_group_direct_message(
             self.example_user("ZOE"),
             [self.example_user("hamlet"), self.example_user("AARON"), self.example_user("othello")],
         )
-        direct_message_group_b = Huddle.objects.last()
+        direct_message_group_b = DirectMessageGroup.objects.last()
 
         direct_message_group_c_message_id = self.send_group_direct_message(
             self.example_user("AARON"),
@@ -1043,8 +1043,9 @@ class RealmImportExportTest(ExportFile):
                 Recipient.objects.get(type=Recipient.STREAM, type_id=stream.id).id,
             )
 
-        for dm_group in Huddle.objects.all():
-            # Huddles don't have a realm column, so we just test all Huddles for simplicity.
+        for dm_group in DirectMessageGroup.objects.all():
+            # Direct Message groups don't have a realm column, so we just test all
+            # Direct Message groups for simplicity.
             self.assertEqual(
                 dm_group.recipient_id,
                 Recipient.objects.get(type=Recipient.DIRECT_MESSAGE_GROUP, type_id=dm_group.id).id,
@@ -1272,7 +1273,9 @@ class RealmImportExportTest(ExportFile):
         @getter
         def get_group_direct_message(r: Realm) -> str:
             direct_message_group_hash = get_direct_message_group_hashes(r)
-            direct_message_group_id = Huddle.objects.get(huddle_hash=direct_message_group_hash).id
+            direct_message_group_id = DirectMessageGroup.objects.get(
+                huddle_hash=direct_message_group_hash
+            ).id
             direct_message_group_recipient = Recipient.objects.get(
                 type_id=direct_message_group_id, type=3
             )
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_typing.py b/zerver/tests/test_typing.py
index 4be05abdef..4526653939 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_typing.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_typing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import orjson
 
 from zerver.lib.test_classes import ZulipTestCase
-from zerver.models import Huddle
+from zerver.models import DirectMessageGroup
 from zerver.models.recipients import get_direct_message_group_hash
 
 
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ class TypingHappyPathTestDirectMessages(ZulipTestCase):
         expected_recipient_ids = {user.id for user in expected_recipients}
 
         direct_message_group_hash = get_direct_message_group_hash(list(expected_recipient_ids))
-        self.assertFalse(Huddle.objects.filter(huddle_hash=direct_message_group_hash).exists())
+        self.assertFalse(
+            DirectMessageGroup.objects.filter(huddle_hash=direct_message_group_hash).exists()
+        )
 
         params = dict(
             to=orjson.dumps([user.id for user in recipient_users]).decode(),
@@ -219,7 +221,9 @@ class TypingHappyPathTestDirectMessages(ZulipTestCase):
         # We should not be adding new Direct Message groups
         # just because a user started typing in the compose
         # box.  Let's wait till they send an actual message.
-        self.assertFalse(Huddle.objects.filter(huddle_hash=direct_message_group_hash).exists())
+        self.assertFalse(
+            DirectMessageGroup.objects.filter(huddle_hash=direct_message_group_hash).exists()
+        )
 
         event = events[0]["event"]
         event_recipient_emails = {user["email"] for user in event["recipients"]}
diff --git a/zilencer/management/commands/populate_db.py b/zilencer/management/commands/populate_db.py
index 60b98e9efd..14df8a66f8 100644
--- a/zilencer/management/commands/populate_db.py
+++ b/zilencer/management/commands/populate_db.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ from zerver.models import (
     Client,
     CustomProfileField,
     DefaultStream,
+    DirectMessageGroup,
     Draft,
-    Huddle,
     Message,
     Reaction,
     Realm,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def clear_database() -> None:
         Recipient,
         Realm,
         Subscription,
-        Huddle,
+        DirectMessageGroup,
         UserMessage,
         Client,
         DefaultStream,