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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lyndesay | 7 | 1431 (allya); 1450 (alsmekill); 1516 (chantorie); 1522 (bere-sed); 1562 (brute); 1599 (bak-water); 1615 (cake) |
| Lindesay | 6 | 1511-2 (cabil-stok); 1517 (borch); 1537 (bludy); 1558 (boyart); 1640 (coket) |
| Lyndsay | 4 | 1565 (bailȝe); 1585 (coft); 1592 (bareman); 1641 (coket) |
| Lindsay | 3 | 1591 (ate cake); 1597 (by); 1630 (cach) |
| Lindesaye | 1 | 1501 (chaplan) |
| Lindessay | 1 | 1487 (bailȝe) |
| Lindsey | 1 | 1627 (clos) |
| Lyndsaye | 1 | 1630 (croft) |