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 |
|---|---|---|
| Young | 7 | 1535 (broderie); 1575 (correctorie); 1579 (chalmer cheld); 1586 (chopman); 1595 (almosar); 1600 (almosar); 1628 (almosar); 1617-8 (cationar); 1649 (ded-) |
| Ȝoung | 6 | 1539 (browdry); 1540 (brodistar); 1541 (bulax); 1553 (casualite); 1556 (cultellar); 1602 (cadger) |
| Ȝong | 3 | 1477 (clerk); 1535 (browdstar); 1567 (browdister) |
| Yhong [1] | 1 | 1445 (condit) |
| Younge | 1 | 1542 (contigue) |
[1] The bearer of this byname was English.