Name: Svetlana
Gender: Female
Usage: Svetlana is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Svetlana are in general originating from Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine.
Variants: For another variant of the name Svetlana across the world, see Svetka.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Svetlana is: Light.
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Numerology of the first name Svetlana: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Svetlana is ranked on the 1,917th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 220100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Svetlana has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Svetlana (Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: Светлана; Belarusian: Святла́на; Ukrainian: Світла́на) is a common Slavic female name, deriving from the Russian word свет svet, which translates into English as "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context. The name was coined by Alexander Vostokov and popularized by Vasily Zhukovsky in his eponymous ballad, first published in 1813. The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries.
In the Russian Orthodox Church Svetlana is used as a Russian translation of Photina (derived from φως (phos), meaning "light" in Greek), a name sometimes ascribed to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (the Bible, John 4).
Etymologically, similar names to this are Lucia (of Latin origin, meaning "light"), Claire ("light" or "clear" in French, equivalent to Spanish Clara), Roxana (from Old Persian, "little shiny star, light"), and Shweta (Sanskrit, "white, pure").
The Ukrainian equivalent is Svitlana (Світлана), the Belarusian, Sviatlana (Святлана). The Polish variant is Świetlana.
Russian language diminutives include Sveta (Света) and Lana.
Sveta also means "saint" in Macedonian. The Slavic element Svet means "blessed, holy, bright".
Serbian language diminutives of the name are Sveta (Света), and Ceca (Цеца, pronounced Tsetsa).
Sveta also means World, Sacred, and Saint.
Russian: vernacular loan translation (from the Slavonic element svet light) of the Greek name Phōtinē (from Greek phōtos light). St Photine was an early saint martyred at Rome in the 1st century; in the Eastern Church she has been identified with the ‘Samaritan woman’ mentioned in St John's gospel, chapter 4.
Cognate: Czech: Světlana.
Pet forms: Czech: Světla, Světlanka, Světluše, Světluška.
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