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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dunbar | 13 | 1337 (blak); 1460 (cousignes); 1497 (cruke); 1508 (bailȝe, bound); 1522 (burrow); 1526 (chefe); 1542 (chekker); 1560 (brewing lume); 1588 (castel, cuningar); 1591 (assege); 1606 (archpreistrie) |
| Dumbar | 10 | 1547 (culverin); 1548 (certane); 1561 (bakward); 1575 (blok); 1578 (archpreistrie); 1584 (chartor kist); 1598 (colloque); 1639 (adjornal); 1641 (archpreist, archpreistrie) |
| Dunbarre | 2 | 1389 (burrowis, custum) |
| Dombarr | 1 | 1362 (bowmaker) |
| Dounbar | 1 | 1609 (cousing) |
| Dumbare | 1 | 1641 (college kirk) |
| Dumbarre | 1 | 1641 (college kirk) |