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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dryburgh | 3 | c1150 (burch); 1572 (cobill); 1580 (byre) |
| Driburgh | 1 | 1509 (commendatour) |