Scarlett

Scarlett derives from the Middle English and Old French word escarlate, itself from Medieval Latin scarlatum, denoting a bright red cloth or the vivid crimson color associated with it. The word ultimately traces back through Arabic and Persian to a term referring to a type of richly dyed fabric. The name gained widespread popularity largely through the fictional heroine Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind. Variants and related forms include Scarlet and, more distantly, the surname-turned-given-name connection shared with similar color-derived names.