Message: "Scarlet" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Scarlet

by Lily (Destry)

2/7/2012, 7:19 AM

I fell in love with the name Scarlet. What do you think? I like Scarlett too but I think I prefer Scarlet as a color name.

I love Gone With the Wind but for some reason still prefer Scarlet over Scarlett. Scarlett is so heavy and dark while Scarlet is lighter and happier.

I only know two, they would both be in their mid-late 20s now and they both spell it Scarlett.

Do you think the Scar-part is a bad thing? Do you prefer Scarlet or Scarlett? Is it getting too common? How many do you know?

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- RoxStar

2/7/2012, 7:48 AM

I prefer Scarlett, as Scarlet seems incomplete and too obviously a color name. But I don't really like the name anyway, it seems so theatrical and well, heavy.

- Lindseylee51

2/7/2012, 8:19 AM

I love that movie too, but also prefer Scarlet. I don't know any and think it's a beautiful name. It sounds forever youthful.

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- Calla (guest)

2/7/2012, 8:34 AM

I love this name. I, too, prefer Scarlet over Scarlett. The second 't' just makes it seem heavier and almost like a stutter.

I don't know any Scarlets or Scarletts. My only hesitation with the name is the "scar" part but I think it could be overlooked.

- Piccadilly

2/7/2012, 9:14 AM

It's okay. The Scar- sound puts me off. I think Scarlett is the only acceptable spelling. Scarlet makes me think of scarlet fever every single time.

So, basically in my head...

Scarlett = O'Hara
Scarlet = infectious disease

- Dracotorix

2/7/2012, 10:01 AM

I like Scarlet a lot. I think it's better than Scarlett, mostly because Scarlet is the name of the color and also because the double "t" looks frilly.
I don't know anyone named Scarlet or Scarlett. The Scar part doesn't bother me.

- Mareasi (Free_Spirited_Girly)

2/7/2012, 12:30 PM

I love Scarlet too. Scarlett is okay, but something about only the one t makes it seem more fiesty to me (weird i know as it's only one letter)

I know two Scarlett's too (one is mid 20s and one whose 5)

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