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Scarlett

Girl name · 1,133 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Scarlett: 1,133 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 94 births in 2016.

Fashioned from the Old French escarlate, a word for a fine, costly cloth often dyed a vivid red, Scarlett originally evoked luxury and richness rather than just a colour. The name became iconic through Scarlett O’Hara, the fiery heroine of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, and modern fame continues with actress Scarlett Johansson. While no major settlement shares the exact name, the colour scarlet lends its name to the Scarlet River in Trinidad and Tobago, a nod to the same deep hue. In Scotland, the double-t spelling has become far more popular than the simpler Scarlet, cementing its place among the most fashionable girls’ names of recent decades.