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 |
|---|---|---|
| of Moncrefe | 1 | 1473-4 (compositioun) |
| Moncreif | 1 | 1600 (blak) |
| Moncreiff | 1 | 1597-8 (clath) |
| Muncreif | 1 | 1520 (acclame) |