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
