Svetlana-Female Name Popular in Ukraine and Russia
Does anyone has history of this name?
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It's used in Czech as well, with a hook above the E. Maybe it was brought into Czech from other Slavic languages, I don't know.
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It means "light". There is also Croatian form, Svjetlana. Svetlana is also used in Serbia.
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Svetlana is in the database: http://www.behindthename.com/name/svetlana
According to my namebook it is sometimes spelled 'Swetlana'.

This message was edited 8/2/2009, 11:59 PM

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