diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 176f5f54..572aed55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: R — R CMD check
+name: "R: R CMD check"
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/citation-browser.yaml b/.github/workflows/citation-browser.yaml
index 05b80916..c4767167 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/citation-browser.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/citation-browser.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: R — Citation browser tests
+name: "R: Citation browser tests"
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/connect-previews-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/connect-previews-cleanup.yml
index e1df2058..a1f3bf1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/connect-previews-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/connect-previews-cleanup.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: R — Cleanup Connect PR previews
+name: "R: Cleanup Connect PR previews"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 8e8fa4a1..4c34a394 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: R — Deploy to Connect
+name: "R: Deploy to Connect"
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-previews-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-previews-cleanup.yml
index 6be2b88b..46837ca6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-previews-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-previews-cleanup.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # file on the default branch, so this job cannot run at all until it merges.
 # Its dry run defaults to true so the first manual run reports rather than
 # deletes.
-name: Py — Cleanup docs previews
+name: "Py: Cleanup docs previews"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index a8ba33d1..25162070 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-name: R — Build pkgdown site
+name: "R: Build pkgdown site"
 
 permissions: read-all
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview-fork-notice.yml b/.github/workflows/preview-fork-notice.yml
index 116bd2e6..4b751c6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview-fork-notice.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview-fork-notice.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # pull_request_target runs with the base repository's token, which can. This workflow never checks out the pull request, and asks for no
 # permission beyond writing the comment, so none of what makes
 # pull_request_target dangerous applies: it reads no fork code and runs none.
-name: Py — Fork preview notice
+name: "Py: Fork preview notice"
 
 on:
   pull_request_target:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/py-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/py-check.yaml
index b3510554..f84a5159 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/py-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/py-check.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Py — Package checks
+name: "Py: Package checks"
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/py-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/py-docs.yaml
index e024b2b0..321f8193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/py-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/py-docs.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     paths: [pkg-py/**, docs/**, .github/scripts/docs-postprocess.py, .github/workflows/py-docs.yaml]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-name: Py — Docs build
+name: "Py: Docs build"
 
 permissions: read-all
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/py-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/py-release.yaml
index f2b5e909..c719cad1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/py-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/py-release.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Py — PyPI release
+name: "Py: PyPI release"
 
 # Publishes pkg-py to PyPI via trusted publishing (OIDC); no API token is stored.
 # PyPI's publisher config for commons names this file, so renaming it
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/scripts-check.yaml
index 400a6339..f1c01e30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts-check.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The CI helpers under .github/scripts/ have no package to be tested by, so
 # they are tested here.
-name: Py — Checks for CI scripts
+name: "Py: Checks for CI scripts"
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-shared-synced.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify-shared-synced.yaml
index 00daf888..8e687289 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-shared-synced.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-shared-synced.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: R + Py — Verify shared artifacts are in sync
+name: "R + Py: Verify shared artifacts are in sync"
 
 # The repository root holds the source for everything both packages share; each
 # package reads a committed copy, because neither can reach outside its own