Scarlett is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.
The first name Scarlett is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #21 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Scarlett, accounting for approximately 0.40 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 90,579 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Scarlett. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The color scarlet symbolizes courage, passion, strength and joy. In the Christian Church, the color represents the blood of Christ and Christian martyrs. Originally, the name was a professional name. It was used to designate a person who sold luxurious woolen cloths in the Middle Ages. Probably it is derived from the Arabic term ‘siklāt’.
Did you know... that the color gained popularity as a first name through the character of Scarlett O'Hara (Gone with the Wind)?
Scarlett Estevez (*2007)
Scarlett Estevez is an American actress and voice actress. She made her acting debut as a child, starring in the film 'Daddy's Home' (2015). She continued her performance as Megan Mayron in the sequel 'Daddy's Home 2' (2017). She since appeared in several TV productions such as the series 'Lucifer' (2016
Scarlett Hefner (*1990)
Scarlett Hannah Hefner (n饠Byrne) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Slytherin student Pansy Parkinson in the "Harry Potter" series, as well as Nora Hildegard in "The Vampire Diaries". She had her debut in the short film "CryBaby" (2005) and later played in one episode of the British soap opera "Doctors" (2008). She soon became established through portraying Pansy Parkinson. Since then, she appeared in several TV productions such as "Lake Placid: The Final Chapter" (2012), "Falling Skies" (2014 2015), "Mary + Jane"(2016) or "Runaways" (2019).
Scarlett Johansson (*1984)
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson is a renowned American actress. Starting acting as a child, she appeared in numerous films such as 'Manny & Lo' (1996), 'The Horse Whisperer' (1998), 'Lost in Translation' (2003), 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' (2008), 'The Avengers' (2012) and 'Her' (2013). Her compelling performances earned her plenty of awards and nominations, including a Tony Award, a British Academy Film Award, Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. With a career spanning over two decades, she has established herself as one of the most respected figures in the entertainment industry. Even the Time Magazine honored her by listing her as one of the 100 influential people in the world in 2021.
Scarlett OHara
Scarlett O'Hara is the protagonist of Margaret Mitchell's legendary novel 'Gone with the Wind' (1936) which is set during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. She is the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner in Georgia who is portrayed as a strong-willed and determined woman, who uses her charm and cunning to survive the war. She is in love with Ashley Wilkes, but also gets involved with Rhett Butler. The readers follow her journey of self-discovery and her struggle to find happiness in a world full of unsecurity. In the movie adaption from 1939 she is portrayed by Vivien Leigh. She is propably the most famous Scarlett of all time.
This is a real surprise! Scarlett is a name that has been around for a long time, but only really took off in the 21st century. In the year 2022, it reached its best rank at #14 according to our SmartGenius statistics. This makes Scarlett much more popular than in previous generations, where it was so rare for several years that it was not even recorded in the statistics. While the name Scarlett was observed for the first time ever in 1937, it now seems to have found its place in the zeitgeist of the 21st century. In 2022, the year of its highest popularity, the name was given a total of 7,224 times. Whether this beautiful girls' name can repeat or even exceed its previous best ranking in the coming years remains to be seen, but the prospects are promising given the positive trend.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Scarlett was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Scarlett is one of them. However, Scarlett is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 1,050 women called Scarlett who live here are 0,235% of all female residents and push their name up to #99, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in Nevada.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a very popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 9.3% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter A is more common for girls' names.
With eight letters, the name Scarlett is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.3% of all girls' names start with an S, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the girls' names that start with an S, Susan is the most common.
If your name is Scarlett and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Scarlett, you can simply say:
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Apple
Rocket
Lion
Elephant
Tiger
Tiger
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Scarlett
Scarlett
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Scarlett sounds like this:
