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I'm thinking of using Thistle as a middle name, but wondered what you thought was the best spelling. As far as I've been able to tell, they are all legit older spellings of Thistle or in other languages. I know it's not to everyone's style, but it has meaning to me, but I thought maybe using a less obvious spelling might help avoid any embarrassment issues as a teen, etc. Or should I just stick with the obvious and hope she'd understand it was important to her heritage? Her sister has the middle name Rain which is often seen in a equally bad light.

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What's best? Could you see it being used as a first name?

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Thistle
Thistel
Thissel
Thissle
Tistel