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 | 
|---|---|---|
| Cristane | 2 | 1529 (borch); 1597 (apprehend) | 
| Christen | 1 | 1597 (calland) | 
| Cristan | 1 | 1525 (bowal) | 
| Cristian | 1 | 1490 (blasphemy) | 
| Kirstian | 1 | 1585 (bordale) |