Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish (European, Rare), Catalan (Rare) Pronounced Pron. /es.kaɾ.ˈla.ta/(Spanish, Valencian Catalan) /əs.kər.ˈɫa.tə/(Catalan) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Spanish and Catalan cognate of Scarlet. In Spain, this began to be used as a given name in the 1960s, likely due to influence from the English Scarlett.