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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aikin | 1 | 1597 (deacon) |
| Aikyn | 1 | 1529 (clos) |
| Aitkin | 1 | 1526-7 (cuppill) |