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 | 
|---|---|---|
| Lochmabane | 2 | 1512 (bond, constabil) | 
| Lochmaben | 1 | 1542-3 (charge) | 
| Louchmabane | 1 | 1423 (capitanry) |