Scarlett
[ˈskɑːrlɪt]Meaning
from an English surname for a person who sold or made scarlet cloth
Background Story
Scarlett comes from an English surname that denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet, a kind of cloth whose name is possibly derived from the Persian saqrelāṭ. Margaret Mitchell used it for the main character, Scarlett O'Hara, in her novel Gone with the Wind (1936), explaining the name as having come from her grandmother. Despite the book's popular 1939 film adaptation, the name was not common until the 21st century, rising around 2003 as the career of American actress Scarlett Johansson took off.
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