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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cokburne | 5 | 1522 (chantour); 1571 (citiner); 1567 (collectorie); 1628 (brute, dede) |
| Cokburn | 3 | 1532 (bordourar, dedly); 1616 (borow) |
| Cockburn | 1 | 1601 (act) |
| of Cokburne | 1 | 1490 (burgesry) |