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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alane | 8 | 1488 (competent); 1491 (burges); 1510 (act, avise, condemnatioun); 1530 (awin); 1532 (aggravatour); 1539 (coffer) |
| Allane | 7 | 1474 (aucht); 1548 (dawerk); 1572 (adjornal); 1579 (citisinar); 1585 (citisinar); 1601 (buth-); 1613 (complice) |
| Alan | 3 | 1438 (assith, borow male); 1493 (custom) |
| Allan | 2 | 1457 (achet); 1641 (conceat) |
| Alanus [1] | 2 | 1337 (couper) |
| Alayne | 1 | c1380 (by) |
[1] This is from a Latin-language document.