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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elgin | 12 | 1552 (assurance, clan); 1569 (bruch, court clerk); 1578 (crose); 1582 (cun); 1584 (borrow); 1613 (bourow); 1638 (bludewhite); 1642 (bewest); 1644 (born); 1648 (cart) |
| Elgyne | 3 | 1393 (baillie, burch); 1594 (benorth) |