Scarlet

Color name

"scarlet, red"

Updated Thu Mar 20 2025

Scarlet Origin and Meaning

The name Scarlet is a girl's name.

The Scarlet spelling makes it less a name, less Gone With The Wind and Scarlett Johansson, and more the bright red color that inspired it in the first place.

About 650 baby girls were named Scarlet last year, with nearly ten times as many named Scarlett.

# 465 in the US

Scarlet Rank in US Top 1000

# 2821 on Nameberry

Scarlet Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Scarlet

465US2023
1464Nameberry2024
256Future2028
789England2023

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Famous People Named Scarlet

Angelica Scarlet Johnson (b. 2009)
daughter of actor Kenny Johnson
Scarlet Gruber
Venezuelan actress and model
Scarlet Lilith Eleida Page (b. 1971)
daughter of guitarist Jimmy Page
Scarlet Rose Stallone (b. 2002)
daughter of actor Sylvester Stallone
Scarlet Chisholm Starr (b. 2009)
daughter of singer Melanie Chisholm and Thomas Starr
Scarlet Haven Eisner (b. 2011)
daughter of designer Stacey Bendet and Eric Eisner
Scarlet Snow Belo (b. 2016)
daughter of Filipina surgeon and TV personality Vicki Belo
Scarlet Heleena Sawa (b. 2016)
daughter of Canadian actor Devon Sawa
Emma Scarlet Faldo (b. 2003)
daughter of golfer Nick Faldo

The name Scarlet in Pop Culture

Miss Scarlet
character in board game "Clue"
Scarlet Benoit
character in the Lunar Chronicles
Scarlet
character in web series "RWBY"
Scarlet Witch aka Wanda Maximoff
character in Marvel Comics
Scarlet Overkill
villain in animated film "Minions"
Scarlet
character in Mari Mancusi's "Scorched"
Erza Scarlet
character in the manga and anime, 'Fairy Tail'
"Scarlet Begonias
" song by the Grateful Dead
Scarlet
a character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
Scarlet Duchamp
character in the novel "The Scarlet Affair" in the Blackwood Security series by Elise Noble