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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flemyng | 5 | 1465 (cunsail); 1478 (constitute); 1532 (chimlay); 1564 (chimlay); 1583 (crippil) |
| Fleming | 3 | 1475 (aggress); 1540 (cum); 1604 (clod) |
| Flemen | 1 | 1497 (burges) |
| Flemyn | 1 | 1503 (cum) |