Svetlana

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Georgian

Scripts Светлана(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian) Սվետլանա(Armenian) სვეტლანა(Georgian)

Pronounced Pron. /svʲɪt.ˈla.nə/(Russian) /sʲvʲɛt.ɫɐ.ˈnɐ/(Lithuanian)

Meaning & History

Derived from Russian свет (svet) meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem Svetlana (1813) by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine.