Scarlett \s-carle-tt, sc(ar)-lett\ as a girl's name is pronounced SCAR-let. It is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Scarlett is "red". Brought into use as a given name due to Margaret Mitchell's heroine Scarlett O'Hara in the novel "Gone With the Wind". The middle name of one of Mick Jagger's children with Jerry Hall.

Scarlett has 3 variant forms: Scarlet, Scarletta and Scarlette.