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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gowrie | 4 | 1585 (attaint, crime); 1600 (clos, dead-straik) |
| Gowry | 1 | c1600 (bred) |
| Innergowrie | 1 | 1641 (burn) |