Arlette

Meaning: Uncertain
Origin: Germanic — French form of Herleva, the name of the mother of William the Conqueror

Girl's name · #494 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Arlette is climbing: on the charts since 1913, it reached #494 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 600 girls given the name last year. Roughly 8,100 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Arlette ranks in other countries and regions.

#127 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #134 in Ecuador (2025) · #282 in Mexico (2024) · #3,044 in Canada (2025) · #3,744 in France (2025) · #4,867 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,084 in Austria (2022) · #518 in Ireland (1977).

Famous Arlettes

Arlette Laguiller — French politician (born 1940)
Arlette Chabot — French journalist (born 1951)
Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre — French writer (1935–2016)
Arlette Contreras — Peruvian lawyer and advocate for women (born 1990)
Arlette Farge — French historian (born 1941)

What Arlettes become

Among 205 notable people named Arlette:

Entertainers appear 1.7× more often than among typical names — e.g. Arlette Zola, Swiss singer (born 1949).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Arlet (#642) and Arlett (#1085), Arlette would rank around #246 with about 1,300 births last year — the newborns split about 48/35/17 across Arlette, Arlet, and Arlett.

Similar names: Arlet · Jovie · Harlem · Colette · Sylvie · Aurelia

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