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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver | 4 | 1538 (burse); 1542 (copper); 1546 (curs); 1615 (chanclar) |
| Oliuer | 2 | 1587 (commissionar); 1615 (castel) |
| Olifeir | 1 | 1544 (chet) |