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Supermodel Agyness Deyn may have one of the most intriguing names in showbusiness, but she has always maintained a mystique about its origins.

Did her mother simply dream up the unconventional spelling, or was it inspired by a belief in the power of numerology?

Now a New Age guru has come forward to reveal he was responsible for giving plain old Laura Hollins her glamorous and successful new moniker – using methods much more bizarre than anyone ever speculated.

Laurence Y Payg, who claims to be Britain’s only professional name analyst, ‘reads’ people’s names using a 3,000-year-old Chinese technique.

He does much of his work by post from his Manchester home, suggesting changes based on a client’s date of birth and full legal name.

Deyn arranged for him to visit her family home after reading about his work – and he has since given the model’s mother and sister new names, too.

'Agyness really wanted to be a successful model,’ said 59-year-old Payg, who was born Laurence David Adams and has changed his own name three times.

‘There wasn’t a lot of success ahead for her if she carried on as Laura Hollins, so she needed a name that would enhance her career.’