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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cowie | 2 | 1607 (curt); 1634 (clene) |
| Cowy | 1 | 1608-9 (clengeour) |