Question: is kemp a jewish name?
Answer: Kempa Polish: topographical name for someone who lived on a small island or by an isolated clump of trees and tufts of grass. Variations: Kepa; Kempski, Kepski. Cognates: Jewish (E. Ashkenazic): Kempe (from kempe, the Yiddish reflexitive of the Polish vocabulary word); Kempinski.