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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ballenden | 1 | 1587 (consent) |
| Ballentyne | 1 | 1603 (bas) |
| Ballantyne | 1 | 1533 (cornicle) |