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 |
|---|---|---|
| Broun | 11 | 1358 (broun); 1473 (arscap); 1510 (compeditour); 1513 (boutclaith); 1555 (charterhous); 1570 (cordenar); 1571 (cheke); 1578 (base, bygottin); 1585 (brek); 1607 (browd-) |
| Browne | 8 | 1548 (baxter, consent, decan); 1563 (cunnar); 1565 (brankis, croice-kerk); 1566 (broder); 1597 (clufe) |
| Brovne | 2 | 1530 (blak-maill); 1554 (dawerk) |
| Brovnne | 2 | 1521 (assithment, communité) |
| Brown | 2 | 1568 (corrupt); 1578 (calsay-makar) |
| Bron | 1 | 1499 (chalange) |
| Broune | 1 | 1450 (clerk) |
| Brun | 1 | 1227 (broun) |