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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cheisholme | 3 | 1542 (cousignes); 1555 (bak-stair); 1592 (comptrollar); |
| Chisholme | 2 | 1585 (chalmerlane); 1645 (cautioun) |
| Chesholme | 1 | 1575 (clengit) |
| Chesolme | 1 | 1579 (chalmer cheld) |