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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gawin | 3 | 1556 (commendatour); 1592 (blude); 1615 (conques) |
| Gavin | 2 | 1520 (bowal); 1521 (big) |
| Gawyne | 2 | 1527 (chalmerlane); 1541 (baillie) |
| Gauin | 1 | 1549 (bischop) |
| Gawine | 1 | 1532 (chancelar) |
| Govane | 1 | 1527 (bruking) |