Scarlett (surname)

Scarlett is an English name ^[1] of Norman French origin ^[2] 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 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)

References

1. "Scarlett surname meaning, origin, etymology and distribution in Great Britain".
2. "Surname Database: Scarlett Last Name Origin".