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Baby Names:

Scarlett

Meaning: Scarlet; fabric dryer

Origin: Latin

Alternate spellings: Scarlet

Believe it or not, Scarlett is an occupational nickname for a fabric dyer…as well as, of course, a deep shade of red. Despite the renown of Gone with the Wind‘s Scarlett O’Hara, this name didn’t catch on in the forties (although it did grace the charts for a few years). Not until the nineties did the name really get started in the charts, around the same time that actor Scarlett Johansson’s career got started with North. And in 2006, when Johansson’s career really took off – The Black Dahlia, The Prestige, The Nanny Diaries, The Other Boleyn Girl, He’s Just Not That into You, and Iron Man 2 in rapid succession – Scarlett caught a ride into the 200s and upward. Look for this name to catapult to fame in the next decade…and let your daughter go along for the ride!