The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scots Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Fife | 2 | 1546 (cost-); 1563 (air) |
| Fif | 1 | 1513 (bailȝe) |
| Fiff | 1 | 1502 (cronar) |
| Fyfe | 1 | 1603 (cote-) |