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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gibsoun | 6 | 1574 (almous); 1577 (dale); 1580 (buke-); 1584 (chop, coblare); 1601 (bowar) |
| Gibsone | 4 | 1541 (baxter); 1597 (acclame); 1640 (colleg, commissar) |
| Gebson | 1 | 1497 (call) |
| Gibson | 1 | 1581-2 (basin) |
| Gybson | 1 | 1553 (cossing) |
| Gybsoun | 1 | 1456 (as) |