Until now, we'd been led to believe that Google's upcoming mid-range devices would be called the Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel 3 XL Lite. Apparently not, as Google code points towards the devices being named the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL. Reminds us of the Samsung Galaxy S10e, in fact.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Remember-the-mid-range-Pixel-phones-They-could-be-sold-as-the-Pixel-3a-and-3a-XL.414548.0.html