Given name
Světlana
“luminous”
Světlana is a feminine given name. It is used in Czech.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Světlana goes back to Russian Светлана, meaning “luminous.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In Czech use, Světlana shares an earlier linguistic root with Svetlana. An origin associated with Svetlana is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Russian Светлана, from Ancient Greek Φωτεινή.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Světlana’s family of names
In Czech usage, Světlana has a diminutive in Světlanka. Světlana shares a linguistic root with Svetlana. In Czech usage, Světlana has a conventional equivalent in the English form SVITLANA.
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Around the world
Světlana has relatives in 9 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Svetlanacognate · English, Slovene
- ŚwietlanaPolish
- SvitlanaEnglish
- СвітланаUkrainian
- Светланаsr-Cyrl, Russian
- SvetaSlovene
- SvjetlanaSlovene
- ЛанаRussian
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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