The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Carmecheall | 1 | 1624 (busking) |
| Carmichael | 1 | 1555 (charterhous) |
| Carmichaell | 1 | 1577 (danger) |
| Carmichall | 1 | 1500 (cosinace) |
| Carmichel | 1 | 1638 (declinatour) |
| Carmichell | 1 | 1593 (decon) |
| of Carmichel | 1 | 1433 (credenceale) |