Scarlett (surname)

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