Svetlana
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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
- A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.
Related terms
Translations
female given name
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Further reading
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Azerbaijani
Proper noun
Svetlana
- 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
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Светла́на (Svetlána).
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- 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
Proper noun
Svetlana f (genitive singular Svetlany, nominative plural Svetlany, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Svetlana
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, 2024