The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scots Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Butellare | 1 | 1455 (butler) |
| Butiller | 1 | 1364 (butler) |
| Butyler | 1 | 1256 (butler) |