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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newbotill | 2 | 1502 (cellerar); 1531 (cole) |
| Newbottill | 2 | 1527 (chalice); 1581 (abbot) |
| Newbotle | 2 | 1562 (copper); 1584 (commendatar) |
| Nebottill | 1 | 1593 (abbot) |