Given name · Bulgarian
Светла
“a brilliant star's light”
Светла is used as a given name.
BulgarianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Svetlana.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Светла is Svetlana written in Cyrillic. Svetlana is a variant of Sveta. One Slavic interpretation is “a brilliant star's light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Светла is Svetlana written in Cyrillic. An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Светла’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Светла
- Svetla OtsetovaBulgarian rowerborn 1950
- Svetla ZlatevaBulgarian sprinterborn 1952
- Svetla VassilevaBulgarian writerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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