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scarlett Name Meaning and History

English (mainly East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a dyer or for a seller of rich, bright fabrics, from Old French escarlate ‘scarlet cloth’ (Late Latin scarlata).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The scarlett name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the scarlett family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of scarlett Families in the US in 1920
Number of scarlett families
 20-37
 7-19		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Scarlett - Hunter - 1920s Toronto penguin1 0
Scarlett Pictures in Kent Co. Canada Jeanne Hornby 6
Scarletts of North Carolina rlwoodward1991 20
Ralph Melvin Scarlett 1905-1969 MD michelle (scarlett)smack 1
Scarletts in Suffolk thebyasts 6
Scarlett les212ab 10
Scarlett in Norfolk and Suffolk James Scarlett 24
Scarletts in Nebraska Penny Mayfield 6
Obit; James B. Scarlett Sr. 1949-2OO7 woodsman1953 0
Obit; Alvis E. Crago (nee Scarlett) 1916-2OO7 woodsman1953 0
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