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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nairn | 2 | 1583 (college); 1606 (assise) |
| Narn | 1 | 1540 (busk) |
| Narne | 1 | 1494 (burrow-male) |