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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maxwell | 15 | 1515 (brek); 1519 (chanclar); 1536 (compromit); 1542 (chance); 1576 (cautioun); 1592 (castel); 1597 (cowp); 1608 (crayar); 1609 (authour, bere); 1617-8 (cunȝe); 1629 (brig-end); 1631 (cost-); 1636 (cousing) |
| Maxuell | 2 | c1621 (cary); 1647 (dauchter) |
| Maxvell | 1 | 1609 (clim) |
| of Maxwaile | 1 | 1452 (attornay) |
| of Maxwell | 1 | 1491 (broder) |