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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dawsoun | 2 | 1558 (dative); 1593-4 (beside) |
| Dausoun | 1 | 1558 (dative) |