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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nesbett | 3 | 1579 (condescend); 1599 (collectour); 1600 (commoner) |
| Nisbet | 3 | 1578 (charge); 1622 (buth-); 1644 (crepill) |
| Nesbitt | 2 | 1592 (bute, deburs) |
| Nesbet | 1 | 1585 (damosel) |