Scarlet

Where Scarlet comes from

The dictionaries list Scarlet as a given name — a female given name from English, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
Along the way
  1. 1939
    First appearance
    #3,782 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Scarlet Ortiz born
    Venezuelan actress
  3. 1989
    Scarlet Gruber born
    Venezuelan actress and model
  4. 2013
    Peak, #370
    848 babies named Scarlet — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.
Namesakes
  • Scarlet Ortiz · Venezuelan actress, born 1974
  • Scarlet Gruber · Venezuelan actress and model, born 1989
  • Scarlet Gomez · Nigerian Actress
  • Scarlet Rivera · American violinist, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.