Svetlana

Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root svet (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as the word Shweta in Sanskrit.

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