Svetlana

Gender：
Pronounced： [ svyet-LAH-nah (Russian), sveet-LAH-nah (Russian) ]
Popularity：
Usage：Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian

Meaning & History：

Derived from Slavic 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.

Names related to Svetlana：

EQUIVALENTS

BULGARIAN: Svetlana

CROATIAN: Svjetlana

CZECH: Světlana

MACEDONIAN: Svetlana

RUSSIAN: Svetlana

SERBIAN: Svetlana, Svjetlana

SLOVAK: Svetlana

UKRAINIAN: Svitlana

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

CROATIAN: Lana

RUSSIAN: Lana, Sveta

SERBIAN: Lana