Origins of the Name "Lemmy"

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Origins of the Name "Lemmy" - Lemmy.zip

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 [https://www.nameslook.com/lemmy], 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 [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy], 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 [https://charlies-names.com/en/lemmy/]) Then finally the Wikipedia [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(software)] 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! #lemmy #lemmyorigins

it's arbitrary and the developer probably didn't expect Lemmy to grow that big lol
I’m just glad the name is not something related to r****t.