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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rokesburgh | 2 | 1120 (burch); 1386 (castel) |
| Roxburgh | 2 | 1466 (castelward); 1498 (constabulary) |
| Roxbrugh | 1 | 1634 (cled) |
| Roxburght | 1 | 1628 (chuse) |