The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scots Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Barber | 3 | 1296 (barbar); 1328 (barbar); 1357 (barbar) |
| Barbar | 1 | 1379 (barbar) |
| Barbour | 1 | 1382 (barbour) |