Arlette

“Variant of Herleva — mother of William the Conqueror (medieval Germanic name)” — Germanic, via French origin

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

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. 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.

Around the world: about 1 in 480 girls in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).

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

Famous Arlettes

Arlette Laguiller — French politician
Arlette Contreras — Peruvian lawyer and advocate for women's rights and domestic violence
Arlette Farge — French historian and teacher
Arlette Zola — Swiss singer
Arlette Marchal — actress (1902-1984)

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.

Similar names: Arlet · Jovie · Harlem · Colette · Alisson · Harleigh

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