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 |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolme | 6 | 1390 (betwene, contract); 1446 (betwix, clame); 1508 (assithment); 1545 (commendatour) |
| Malcom | 3 | 1459 (convent); 1475 (aggress); 1532 (commoning) |
| Malcomus [1] | 1 | 1256 (butler) |
| Malcome | 1 | 1636-7 (brokin) |
| Malcolm | 1 | 1596 (culter) |
| Malcum | 1 | 1603 (brute) |
[1] This spelling comes from a Latin-language document.