Arlet

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Arlet is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name135 records spelled Arlet3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ärlet

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Arlet is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Thomas Attenerlette 1276 MELS (Sx); Philip atte Arlette, Robert aten Erlette 1296 SRSx. A metathesized form of OE *alrett, *elrett, ‘alder-grove’. v. ALDRITT. 89

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In Basque, " Arlet egon, arlet dao, está alerta" Iz ArOñ .

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 49 years between 1918–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arlet Palmisteb. 1973EEEstonian actor (born 1973)
• Arlet Levandib. 2005EEEstonian figure skater (born 2005)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 286 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arlet?

We estimate roughly 9.2 thousand people bear Arlet (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Arlet have the most bearers?

Arlet is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled arlet.

Where is Arlet most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Arlet is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 8.5 thousand people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

Is Arlet a male or female name?

Arlet is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Arlet mean?

Recorded meaning: metathesized form of OE *alrett/*elrett ‘alder-grove’; first attested Thomas Attenerlette 1276 MELS (Sx)