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Origins of the Name "Lemmy" (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

#lemmy #lemmyorigins

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

questionable naming schemes

Yes, because no one wants to have problems with someone's trademark, since that would foce them to change app name.

Easiest way to avoid this is using strange name.