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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adamsoun | 5 | 1511 (anherdar); 1558 (but, chalmer, cut-throt); 1587 (cautionar) |
| Adamsone | 2 | 1633 (chalmer mail); 1650 (bak-speir) |
| Adamson | 1 | 1539 (buth-) |
| Adamsown | 1 | 1543 (comptar-) |