Name

1. My name is Shay Hemp. My last name originates from Germany and my first from the Irish or the Jewish.

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• My mother chose my name for me. There was no specific reason for it, she just met someone with the name Shay and really liked it.
• After researching my name on http://www.behindthename.com/, I discovered that there are two versions of my first name. One is the masculine form which comes from the Irish. The second version is either a masculine or feminine form, which comes from the Jewish. Shay is a variant of Shai, which means "gift" in Hebrew My last name is German.

3. I like my name because I have never had to be in the situation of being in a workplace (school, work etc.) where I had to be identified by my last initial following my first name, unlike many others.

If I were to choose a different name for a "secret identity" I would choose Zara. It is really unique and I've never met anyone with the name before and it would be interesting to live a life with and even more uncommon name than the one I have now.