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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lumesden | 1 | 1563 (chirurgianrie) |
| Lumisden | 1 | 1555 (bow) |
| of Lumisden | 1 | 1481 (charter) |
| Lumsden | 1 | 1578 (barbar) |