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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elphinstoun | 4 | 1498 (chemis); 1603 (captour); 1617-8 (bounteth); 1632 (coup-bearer) |
| Elphingstoun | 1 | 1587 (deacon) |
| Elphinston | 1 | 1617 (cary) |
| Elphinstone | 1 | 1611 (bak) |
| Elphinstoune | 1 | 1508 (cietenar) |