Arlett

Arlett: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“variant of Arlette; uncertain”
Origin
French
Say it
ar-LET · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Arlett is a spelling variant of French Arlette. The deeper origin of Arlette is uncertain, though it is often treated as a diminutive form related to Germanic names beginning with Arn-.

How popular is Arlett?

202435.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Arlett in 2024117

2024 rank#1,734 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,186

Arlett is rising: use over the last five years is 3.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Arlett

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Arlett questions

What does the name Arlett mean?

Arlett means "variant of Arlette; uncertain". It comes from French. Arlett is a spelling variant of French Arlette. The deeper origin of Arlette is uncertain, though it is often treated as a diminutive form related to Germanic names beginning with Arn-.

Is Arlett a boy or girl name?

Arlett is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Arlett?

117 US babies were named Arlett in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Arlett?

Arlett is usually pronounced ar-LET.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.