Origins of the Name "Lemmy"

Hello!

I'm a Reddit transplant. I get the name Reddit (I read it) or at least that's how I figured it got its name.

Lemmy though? At first it reminded me of lemon 🍋 I looked up "lemmy" and found an origin of the name, which means "Devoted to God" and is a diminutive of Lemuel.

But where the service's name originates is partially from the name of Ian Frasier Kilmister, aka Lemmy, from the band Motorhead.

The origin of his name: "The name originated from his often said sentence “can you lem’me five?” oder “lemme a fiver?”." (Source)

Then finally the Wikipedia reveals full information that the creator partially took the name from Lemmy the Motorhead band member, and a game called Lemmings, which he had been playing at the time.

This is in case anyone has wondered why this interesting service has such an odd name!

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