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 |
|---|---|---|
| Francis | 7 | 1550 (constitute); 1552-3 (cruke); 1555 (bailliery); 1561 (coy); 1594 (cautioner); 1631-32 (atour); 1646 (chalange) |
| Frances | 3 | 1558 (dalphin); 1583 (crotchert); 1649 (compris) |