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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melvill | 2 | 1584 (conferm); 1587 (danskin) |
| Maluil | 1 | 1429 (chymmis) |
| Melwill | 1 | 1621 (brother dochter) |