Scarlett (given name)

Scarlett is a feminine given name. The color scarlet symbolizes courage, passion, force, joy and heat. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church wear scarlet as a color of the blood of Christ and the Christian martyrs. It gained popularity due to the character Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel Gone with the Wind and the film adaptation. The name has been well used in recent years for girls in the United Kingdom and in the United States.^[1]

Scarlett

Vivien Leigh portrayed Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind.
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	English
Meaning	Red
Other names
Nickname(s)	Letty, Scar
Related names	Scarlet, Scarlette

The name also has associations with the bright red color scarlet. Scarlett originated as an occupation surname, designating a person who sold scarlet, a luxury wool cloth produced in Medieval Europe. ^[2] The word is thought to derive from the Arabic siklāt, referring to silks dyed with kermes.

Usage

Usage of the name has increased in the Anglosphere in recent years. It has ranked among the top 20 names given to newborn American girls since 2021 and was the 14th most popular name for girls in that country in 2022. ^[3] It has also ranked among the top 100 names for newborn girls in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in recent years.^[4] In 2022, it was the 36th most popular name given to girls in Canada.^[5]

People named Scarlett

• Scarlett Bordeaux (born 1991), American professional wrestler
• Scarlett Byrne (born 1990), English actress
• Scarlett Estevez (born 2007), American actress
• Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), American actress
• Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 1985), English actress
• Scarlett Keegan (born 1984), American model and actress
• Scarlett Moffatt (born 1990), English television personality
• Scarlett Pomers (born 1988), American actress
• Scarlett Werner (born 1984), German tennis player
• Scarlett Westbrook (born 2004), British climate justice activist and journalist

Fictional characters

• Scarlett (G.I. Joe), in the G.I. Joe universe
• Scarlett, a gender swap of Will Scarlet, in Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood
• Scarlett, in the e4 TV series Skins
• Scarlett, a character in the Canadian animated show Total Drama
• Scarlett Adams, Indonesian-English girl with strange powers from The Power of Five book series
• Scarlett Blake, female character in the videogame Dead Nation.
• Scarlett Dragna, main character of the Caraval novels by Stephanie Garber
• Scarlett Fox, character from the National Wildlife Federation's Ranger Rick magazine
• Scarlett the Garnet Fairy, character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
• Scarlett Kiernan, from the British soap opera Doctors
• Scarlett Nicholls, from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Scarlett O'Connor, a character in the US TV series Nashville
• Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951), Peruvian historian and university professor
• Scarlett O'Hara, main character in the novel and film Gone with the Wind
• Scarlett O'Hara St. Jones, character in the movie Steamboy
• Scarlett Valentine, in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Scarlett Eyler, a character from the game series Hello Charlotte.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Scarlett
• All pages with titles containing Scarlett

References

1. Behind the Name
2. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 242. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
3. "Names that increased in popularity from 2021 to 2022". ssa.gov. United States Social Security Administration. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
4. "Popularity for the name Scarlett - Behind the Name".
5. "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.