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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gordoun | 14 | 1511 (cessioun); 1532 (arrest); 1550 (camerage, crapet); 1552 (componitour); 1556 (breve); 1574 (componitor); 1585 (candil-making); 1590 (complece); 1606-7 (captioun); 1618 (companying); 1624 (biggin); 1626 (apperand); 1640 (convene) |
| Gordone | 4 | 1507 (chymmis); 1636 (chalmer); 1640 (contra); 1641 (band) |
| Gordon | 2 | 1644 (add, deducing) |
| Gordoune | 2 | 1497 (compositioun); 1613 (batoun) |
| of Gordon | 1 | 1406 (dame) |
| of Gordoun | 1 | 1446 (celdr) |
| Gourdon | 1 | 1626 (cosin) |