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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paterson | 4 | 1561 (caus, cunsail); 1596 (cottar); 1621 (codrach) |
| Patersoun | 3 | 1538 (coket); 1540 (boy); 1628 (chaudmellé) |
| Patersone | 2 | 1512 (compas); 1633 (bled) |
| Patirsoun | 1 | 1608 (cleuk) |
| Pattersone | 1 | 1623-4 (cord) |
| Pattersoun | 1 | 1574 (cote) |
| Patyrson | 1 | 1556 (catioun) |