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 |
|---|---|---|
| Margret | 28 | 1462 (caldron, cled); 1466 (content); 1471 (airschip); 1478 (contenu); 1480 (cofe); 1483 (clem); 1489 (curch); 1490 (conjunct); 1492 (belang); 1504 (chamerare); 1512 (bete); 1512-3 (cariage); 1544 (clath); 1554 (brught, debitor); 1562 (coheir); 1563 (bide); 1565 (bud); 1566 (cognosce); 1576 (collude); 1578 (acquitclame); 1587 (bonet-makar); 1596 (calfit, cow); 1602 (codling; 1610 (avow) |
| Margaret | 20 | 1507 (burgeschip); 1516 (cousinace); 1530 (commoun); 1560 (contumacie); 1564 (dede); 1567 (cled); 1568 (corrupt); 1572 (contractar, cupe); 1573-4 (amerciament); 1576 (cott-silver); 1589 (broder); 1599 (daach); 1606 (clachan); 1613 (bedfellow); 1622 (but); 1624 (bruch); 1629 (bleckster); 1640 (correctioun); 1643 (chaking) |
| Mergret | 5 | 1427 (chemis, conand, conditioun); 1482 (abilȝement, burding) |
| Margarete | 4 | 1397 (contesse); 1457 (butter tron); 1482 (barnis part, clame) |
| Margrete | 4 | 1489 (cass); 1492 (contract); 1495 (cled); 1521 (befall) |
| Meg | 3 | 1513 (biggin); 1597 (clenger); 1617-8 (cationar) |
| Mage | 2 | 1558 (cleth, curch) |
| Margarat | 2 | 1542 (bird, carl) |
| Margrat | 2 | 1616 (brome); 1641 (brasche) |
| Megot | 2 | 1542 (blerit, carl) |
| Mergaret | 3 | 1388 (cosin); 1500 (cosinace); 1564 (analier) |
| Margareit | 1 | 1565 (chimlay) |
| Margarett | 1 | 1545 (childbedlair) |
| Margarot | 1 | 1581 (chamlet) |
| Margreta [1] | 1 | 1538 (awald) |
| Margrett | 1 | 1605-6 (burding) |
| Mege | 1 | 1489 (chear) |
| Mergarate | 1 | 1391 (convenable) |
| Mergarit | 1 | 1431 (contas) |
| Mergreit | 1 | 1506 (chamerare) |
[1] This spelling was found in a Latin-language document.