The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scots Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Lyall | 1 | 1605 (cationrie) |
| the Lyil | 1 | 1444 (blancheferme) |
| Lyle | 1 | 1547-8 (cousignes) |
| Lyll | 1 | 1588 (decern) |