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 |
|---|---|---|
| Donaldsone | 3 | 1627 (cautionrie); 1644 (born); 1648 (cunȝe) |
| Donaldson | 2 | 1565 (clesch); 1569 (castar) |
| Donaldsoun | 2 | 1437 (calf); 1611 (chopman) |