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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gareoche | 2 | 1603 (cheppell); 1635 (crowner-) |
| Garwok | 2 | c1560 (branch, cum) |
| Gareauch | 1 | 1506 (bailȝe) |
| Garioch | 1 | 1607 (contumax) |