Svetlana name - Meaning of Svetlana
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 22
- Usage
- Czech, Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slavic
- Pronounced
- svyet-LAH-nah (Russian) , sveet-LAH-nah (Russian)
- Svetlana Meaning
- Czech form of Svetlana. Derived from the Slavic element svet meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem 'Svetlana' (1813) by the Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine. Svetlana originates in Slavic languages and means "shining woman". It was popularized in the 19th century by Vasily Zhukovsky in his ballade and has been a popular feminine given name in Slavic languages ever since. In the United States it remains very rare.
Svetlana Related Names
Variant:, Svjetlana (Serbian)
Diminutive, Lana, Sveta (Russian), Lana (Serbian)
Other Languages Svetlana (Bulgarian), Svjetlana, Lana (Croatian), Svetlana (Macedonian), Svetlana, Lana, Sveta (Russian), Svetlana, Lana, Svjetlana (Serbian), Svetlana (Slovak), Svitlana (Ukrainian), Světlana (Czech)
Diminutive:, Lana, Sveta (Russian), Lana (Serbian)
Other Languages Svetlana (Bulgarian), Svjetlana, Lana (Croatian), Svetlana (Macedonian), Svetlana, Lana, Sveta (Russian), Svetlana, Lana, Svjetlana (Serbian), Svetlana (Slovak), Svitlana (Ukrainian), Světlana (Czech)
Other Languages: Svetlana (Bulgarian), Svjetlana, Lana (Croatian), Svetlana (Macedonian), Svetlana, Lana, Sveta (Russian), Svetlana, Lana, Svjetlana (Serbian), Svetlana (Slovak), Svitlana (Ukrainian), Světlana (Czech)
Svetlana Celebrities
Svetlana Khorkina - gymnast, Svetlana Medvedeva - Russian First Lady, Svetlana Savitskaya - Soviet cosmonaut,
