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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dunfermling | 4 | 1500-1 (cell); 1515 (casualite); 1556 (debate); 1627 (chalmerlane) |
| Dunfermlyn | 3 | 1437 (cheptour); 1490 (almosar); 1519 (altarage) |
| Dumfermeling | 2 | 1533-4 (cryit); 1615 (consail) |
| Dumfermling | 2 | 1561 (assume); 1584 (commendatar) |
| Domfermlynge | 1 | 1589 (chancelour) |
| Downfyrmyllyn | 1 | 1498 (burch) |
| Dumfermeline | 1 | 1613 (chancelour) |
| Dunfermelyn | 1 | 1126 (cumerlach) |
| Dunfermlyne | 1 | 1494 (curat) |
| Dynfermlyn | 1 | 1490 (abbay) |