I could see it being used as a first name, but I wouldn't want to go through life with it as my first name. Would you? It could work okay, it's not awful, but IMO it makes a big fat statement. It's not outrageous, but nms. Makes more of a statement than Rain does. More like, at the level of Chardonnay or Velvet.
If you want to use it as a middle name I think you should spell it the way that has meaning for you - that is, spell it Thistle. People don't have to share their middle names if they don't want to.
This message was edited 5/4/2012, 12:34 AM