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 |
|---|---|---|
| Niniane | 9 | 1530 (clenge, contray); 1558 (conduce); 1575 (branch); 1615-6 (chepenes); 1622 (but, chalmer, cruke); 1641 (convene) |
| Ninian | 1 | 1542 (contigue) |