Svetlana

See also: Světlana

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Светла́на (Svetlána), from свет (svet, “light”). Made up by Alexander Vostokov in 1802, later borrowed into English and other languages.

Proper noun

Svetlana

1. A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.

Related terms

• Lana
• Sveta

Translations

female given name

• Armenian: Սվետլանա (Svetlana)
• Belarusian: Святла́на f (Svjatlána), Сьвятла́на f (Sʹvjatlána) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: Светла́на f (Svetlána)
• Czech: Světlana (cs) f
• Georgian: სვეტლანა (sveṭlana)
• German: Swetlana f
• Greek: Σβετλάνα (el) f (Svetlána)
• Macedonian: Светлана (mk) f (Svetlana)
• Polish: Świetlana (pl) f, Swietłana f
• Russian: Светла́на (ru) (Svetlána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Светлана f, Свијетлана f

  Roman: Svetlana f, Svijetlana f

• Slovak: Svetlana f
• Slovene: Svetlana f
• Ukrainian: Світлана f (Svitlana)

Further reading

• Svetlana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• slave ant

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Svetlana

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Светла́на (Svetlána).

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. From Russian Светла́на (Svetlána).

Proper noun

Svetlana f

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Светла́на (Svetlána).

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Svetlana was the only given name of 20 467 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛtɫana/

Proper noun

Svetlana f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Svetlana (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Svetlana	Svetlany
genitive	Svetlany	Svetlán
dative	Svetlane	Svetlanám
accusative	Svetlanu	Svetlany
locative	Svetlane	Svetlanách
instrumental	Svetlanou	Svetlanami

Further reading

• “Svetlana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025