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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johneson | 2 | 1577 (cleth, confes) |
| Johnson | 2 | 1456 (big); 1489 (cens) |
| Ihonsone | 1 | 1494 (clem) |
| Iohnnesone | 1 | 1530 (clenge) |
| Iohnnsesone [sic] | 1 | 1530 (contray) |
| Iohnsoun | 1 | 1534-5 (chapellane) |
| Johnsoun | 1 | 1563 (bore) |
| Jonson | 1 | 1468 (chese) |