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 |
|---|---|---|
| Robesone | 3 | 1560 (bargane); 1593 (chalmer); 1593 (butterman) |
| Robesoun | 2 | 1564 (counsail); 1612 (birl-quheil) |
| Robeson | 1 | 1606 (blecher) |
| Robesoune | 1 | 1591 (constantly) |
| Robiesoune | 1 | 1647 (chose) |
| Robison | 1 | 1491 (compell) |
| Robisone | 1 | 1474 (cuke) |
| Robyson | 1 | 1458 (chawmerlane) |
| Robysone | 1 | 1496 (bordour) |
| Robysoun | 1 | 1462 (awestill) |