Given name
Lemmy
“devoted to God”·“one who belongs to God”
Lemmy is a variant of Lemuel. Interpretations include “devoted to God” (Hebrew) and “one who belongs to God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lemmy is a variant of Lemuel. Interpretations include “devoted to God” (Hebrew) and “one who belongs to God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lemmy is a variant of Lemuel. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lemmy is a variant of Lemuel. The history of Lemuel gives this family its wider story. In biblical tradition, Lemuel is the name of a king.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lemmy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 108 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,999 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,999 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2017.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lemmy
Characters named Lemmy: Lemmy Caution (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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