Overview
Scarlett is an English name of Norman French origin and is a metonymic occupational surname for a dyer or a seller of rich, brightly coloured cloth, often of a brilliant, vivid red colour. The derivation of the name is from the Old French word "Escarlate", scarlet, which by 1182 was already being used as the name of a cloth, particularly bright red cloth. The ultimate derivation is from the Latin "scarlata". The modern surname can be found in either of two forms: Scarlet or Scarlett.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include: *Baron Abinger several people including: **James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger (1769–1844) **Robert Scarlett, 2nd Baron Abinger (1794–1861) **William Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger (1826–1892) **James Scarlett, 4th Baron Abinger (1871–1903) **Shelley Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger (1872–1917) **Robert Scarlett, 6th Baron Abinger (1876–1927) **Hugh Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger (1878–1943) **James Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger (1914–2002) * Andre Scarlett (born 1980), English professional footballer * Austin Scarlett (born 1983), US fashion designers and artists * Brian Scarlett (1938–2004) British particle technologist * Connor Scarlett (born 1992), British actor * Dane Scarlett (born 2004), English professional footballer * Francis Muir Scarlett (1891–1971), United States District Judge * Francis Scarlett (1875–1934), Royal Air Force commander * Fred Scarlett (born 1975), British rower * Hunter Scarlett (1885–1954), American ophthalmologist and college footballer * James Yorke Scarlett (1799–1871), British general and hero of the Crimean War * John Scarlett (footballer) (1947–2019), Australian rules footballer * John Scarlett (Toronto) (1777–1865), Canadian merchant * John McLeod Scarlett (born 1948), head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6 * Ken Scarlett (born 1927), Australian Writer * Liam Scarlett (1986-2021), British choreographer * Lynn Scarlett, American environmental policy analyst * Mary J.
Scarlett Dixon (1822-1900), American physician * Matthew Scarlett (born 1979), Australian footballer * Niara Scarlett, British singer-songwriter * Peter Campbell Scarlett (1804–1881), British diplomat * Sir Peter W.S.Y. Scarlett (1905–1987), British diplomat * Reginald Scarlett (1934-2019), West Indian cricketer * Robert Scarlett (born 1979), Jamaican footballer * Robert Dalley-Scarlett (1887–1959), Australian organist, choirmaster and composer * Ron Scarlett (1911–2002), New Zealand paleozoologist * Sir William Anglin Scarlett (1777–1831), Chief Justice of Jamaica
Fictional characters
* Miss Scarlett, one of six original Cluedo characters * Captain Carlos Scarlett, title character of the 1953 film Captain Scarlett * Remilia Scarlet and Flandre Scarlet, from the Japanese video game franchise Touhou Project * Will Scarlet, one of Robin Hood's "Merry Men" * Eliza Scarlet, title character from television series Miss Scarlet and The Duke
See also
*Scarlett (disambiguation)