diff --git a/zerver/lib/export.py b/zerver/lib/export.py
index 08ecd64b2e..d5387efddd 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/export.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/export.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ ALL_ZULIP_TABLES = {
     "zerver_missedmessageemailaddress",
     "zerver_multiuseinvite",
     "zerver_multiuseinvite_streams",
+    "zerver_namedusergroup",
     "zerver_onboardingstep",
     "zerver_preregistrationrealm",
     "zerver_preregistrationuser",
@@ -243,6 +244,8 @@ NON_EXPORTED_TABLES = {
     "zerver_submessage",
     # Drafts don't need to be exported as they are supposed to be more ephemeral.
     "zerver_draft",
+    # NamedUserGroup is not exported temporarily, will be done in the next few commits.
+    "zerver_namedusergroup",
     # For any tables listed below here, it's a bug that they are not present in the export.
 }
 
diff --git a/zerver/migrations/0512_namedusergroup.py b/zerver/migrations/0512_namedusergroup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6240f64429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zerver/migrations/0512_namedusergroup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.12 on 2024-04-19 03:44
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("zerver", "0511_stream_creator"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="NamedUserGroup",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "usergroup_ptr",
+                    models.OneToOneField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        parent_link=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        related_name="named_user_group",
+                        serialize=False,
+                        to="zerver.usergroup",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("named_group_name", models.CharField(db_column="name", max_length=100)),
+                ("named_group_description", models.TextField(db_column="description", default="")),
+                (
+                    "named_group_is_system_group",
+                    models.BooleanField(db_column="is_system_group", default=False),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "named_group_can_mention_group",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        db_column="can_mention_group_id",
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.RESTRICT,
+                        to="zerver.usergroup",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "realm_for_sharding",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        db_column="realm_id",
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        to="zerver.realm",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "unique_together": {("realm_for_sharding", "named_group_name")},
+            },
+            bases=("zerver.usergroup",),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/zerver/models/groups.py b/zerver/models/groups.py
index eeaf0759db..1ca99eba9a 100644
--- a/zerver/models/groups.py
+++ b/zerver/models/groups.py
@@ -82,6 +82,37 @@ class UserGroup(models.Model):  # type: ignore[django-manager-missing] # django-
         unique_together = (("realm", "name"),)
 
 
+class NamedUserGroup(UserGroup):  # type: ignore[django-manager-missing] # django-stubs cannot resolve the custom CTEManager yet https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs/issues/1023
+    MAX_NAME_LENGTH = 100
+
+    # This field is automatically created by django, but we still need
+    # to add this here to keep mypy happy when accessing usergroup_ptr.
+    usergroup_ptr = models.OneToOneField(
+        auto_created=True,
+        on_delete=CASCADE,
+        parent_link=True,
+        primary_key=True,
+        serialize=False,
+        to=UserGroup,
+        # We are not using the auto-generated name here to avoid
+        # duplicate backward relation name because "can_mention_group"
+        # setting also points to a UserGroup object.
+        related_name="named_user_group",
+    )
+    named_group_name = models.CharField(max_length=MAX_NAME_LENGTH, db_column="name")
+    named_group_description = models.TextField(default="", db_column="description")
+    named_group_is_system_group = models.BooleanField(default=False, db_column="is_system_group")
+
+    named_group_can_mention_group = models.ForeignKey(
+        UserGroup, on_delete=models.RESTRICT, db_column="can_mention_group_id"
+    )
+
+    realm_for_sharding = models.ForeignKey("zerver.Realm", on_delete=CASCADE, db_column="realm_id")
+
+    class Meta:
+        unique_together = (("realm_for_sharding", "named_group_name"),)
+
+
 class UserGroupMembership(models.Model):
     user_group = models.ForeignKey(UserGroup, on_delete=CASCADE, related_name="+")
     user_profile = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile, on_delete=CASCADE, related_name="+")