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Scarlet

Pronunciation: SKAHR-lit (key)
Names related to Scarlet: Scarlett
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Scarlett is a sassy spitfire, thanks to prototypes like Scarlett O'Hara, Scarlett Johansson and Miss Scarlett from the board game Clue. This name packs a wallop, and for a girl with a red-hot personality it can be a smashing success. It's rising fast throughout the English-speaking world.

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Carly, Carrie, Cara, Scar, Scary, Scarly, Scarling, Etta, Ettie, Letta, Lettie, Scout

Meanings and history of the name Scarlet: | Edit

Scarlet was a type of fine and pricey woollen cloth in medieval England. It was often used as stockings for its good weave, and was produced in a number of colours, including commonly a bright carmine red. The colour scarlet is a bright red hinting towards orange. The word's origin traces through latin (scarlata) to persian (saqirlat). Throughout the ages, in many cultures, the colour scarlet was frequently reserved for the rich and/or nobility.

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Scarlet Lilith Eleida. Rock photographer daughter of Jimmy Page.
Scarlett Johansen

The name of one of Sylvester Stallone's lovely daughters'.

Scarlet in song, story & screen: | Edit

Major Scarlet Ross (Rose Byrne) from 28 Weeks Later.
Scarlett O'Hara was a lead character in 'Gone With The Wind'.
"Scarlet's Walk", song and album by Tori Amos.

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