Meaning: Its source is escarlate, an Old French name meaning "Red."

Alternative Spellings: Scarlet

Variant Forms: Scarlette, Skarlette and Scarletta

Popularity: The name Scarlett ranked 929th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 1496th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name has fluctuated in use, it has been quietly present throughout the last century.