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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nicoll | 4 | 1513-4 (bunch); 1542 (birsyn); 1585 (brek); 1618 (bakman) |
| Colyn | 3 | 1484 (chanceler); 1510 (attechement, conȝe) |
| Nichol | 3 | 1471 (assigna, comptrollour); 1504 (battaling) |
| Collin | 2 | c1550 (calp); 1551 (chefe) |
| Nicholl | 2 | 1496 (awand); 1557 (clath) |
| Nicol | 2 | 1488 (catale, commoun) |
| Nikky | 2 | 1473 (canves, chalmer) |
| Colene | 1 | 1584 (chanceler) |
| Coleyne | 1 | 1510 (barnis part) |
| Colin | 1 | 1470 (constitute) |
| Colyne | 1 | 1549-50 (calp) |
| Necoll | 1 | 1556 (catioun) |
| Nichole | 1 | 1569 (clippar) |
| Nychole | 1 | 1418 (borow) |
| Nycholl | 1 | 1531 (almous-hous) |