While it is generally supposed that Agatha Christie chose the name Vole after the ratlike rodent of the same name, in fact, the word has several other meanings also relevant to this character. In cards, a "vole" means the winning by one player of all the tricks of a game. And the expression "go the vole" can mean either to venture everything on the chance of great rewards or to try one thing after another, usually a variety of occupations - all perfect descriptions of Christie's ingeniously named "Leonard Vole". It further ought to be noted that "vole" is the conjugated variant in the third person of the French verb "Voler", which means both "to steal" (steals) or "to fly" (flies); it also fits.

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