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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
Scarlett is the surname of:
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 Rowland 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)