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 |
|---|---|---|
| Helene | 4 | 1548-9 (bardrie); 1609 (burrat); 1627 (cheritably); 1650 (cleanse) |
| Ellen | 2 | 1542 (bird, carl) |
| Ellene | 2 | 1542 (blerit, carling) |
| Helen | 2 | 1597 (chekin); 1649 (ded-) |
| Elen | 1 | 1560 (cognosce) |
| Elene | 1 | 1476 (anon) |
| Eleyng | 1 | 1569 (cleth) |
| Helenour | 1 | 1574 (credibill) |