Svetlana

Key facts

Name.name

Svetlana

Name.image

St Photina.jpg

Name.image_size

180px

Name.caption

Svetlana is often used in reference to the Samaritan woman at the well in the Biblical Gospel of John. It is the Russian version of the Greek saint name Photini, meaning "enlightened".

Name.gender

female (feminine)

Name.meaning

"light", "pure"

Name.region

Russian, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Slavic Macedonian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Circassian

Name.nickname

Sveta, Lana, Ceca, Svetla, Svetka, Svetochka, Svetlanka, Svetulya, Svetik, Svetti

Name.origin

Russia

Name.related names

Svitlana, Sviatlana, Svjetlana, Świetlana

via Wikipedia infobox

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