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 |
|---|---|---|
| Michaell | 5 | 1581 (cannonar); 1585 (chalmerlane); 1599 (compartinar); 1603 (almous); 1644 (col-) |
| Michell | 3 | 1478 (clos); 1538 (calsay-makar); 1556-7 (condit) |
| Michel | 2 | 1420 (compt); 1423 (brefe, chamerlane, chamerlanry) |
| Mechal | 1 | 1459 (concord) |
| Michael | 1 | 1591 (cannoneir) |
| Michal | 1 | 1589 (cannonar) |
| Mychaell | 1 | 1575 (clengit) |