Favourite Names That've Been There for Me

Marcheline was the first name of Angelina Jolie's late mother, who was part French-Canadian, which Jolie and Brad Pitt used as the middle name for their twin daughter Vivienne. The name is related to the Latin Marcellus and Marcus, which come from Mars, the name of the God of War, and is often spelled Marceline. Jolie's mother's birth name was Marcia Lynne.

Mordecai, although it has a noble heritage, has never caught on in this country, because of its rather weighty image.

Patton is an attractive name in the fashionable Haden-Peyton mold, though there is that association with the severe wartime general.