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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkcaldy | 4 | 1542 (copper); 1546 (brother, cuke); 1573 (civil) |
| Kerkcaldie | 1 | 1575 (dam-hede) |
| Kirkcaldie | 1 | 1568 (bind) |