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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glencarn | 1 | 1527 (conseling) |
| Glencarne | 1 | 1571 (committar) |
| Glencarnis | 1 | 1544 (certane) |
| Glenkarne | 1 | 1544 (cumpany) |