Lemmy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEM-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Lemmy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “belonging to God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Lemmy mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Lemuel
“belonging to God”
Lemmy Caution, the American agent of Peter Cheyney's novels and later French films, made the name familiar in France.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lemmy a girl's or a boy's name?
Lemmy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lemmy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Lemmy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Lemmy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Lemmy, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Lemmy in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lemmy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Lemmy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Remy, Oakley, Theo, Levi, Rafferty, Atlas, Asher, Elis, Axel, Alfie, Ezra
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lemmy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lemmy, updated 20 October 2026.