Svetlana

Svetlana (Cyrillic: Светлана) is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root svet (Cyrillic: свет), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as the word Shweta in Sanskrit.^[1]

Particularly unique among similar common Russian names, this one is not of ancient Slavic origin, but was coined by

In the

Russian language diminutives include Sveta (Russian: Света), used in Russian-speaking countries, and Lana (the latter is mainly used outside the former USSR).

Sveta also means "saint" in Bulgarian. The Slavic element Svet means "blessed, holy, bright".

Serbian language diminutives of the name are Sveta (Света), and Ceca (Цеца, pronounced Tsetsa).

People

• Svetlana Abrosimova, Russian professional basketball player
• Literature
• Svetlana Alliluyeva, the youngest daughter of Joseph Stalin
• Svetlana Biryukova (born 1991), Russian long jumper
• Svetlana Boiko, Russian fencer
• Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet Belarusian gymnast
• Svetlana Bolshakova, Belgian triple jump athlete
• Svetla Bozhkova (or Svetlana), Bulgarian discus thrower
• Svetlana Broz, Bosnian author and physician
• Svjetlana Bukvich, American/Bosnian-Herzegovinian music composer/artist
• Svetlana Cherkasova, Russian middle-distance runner
• Svetlana Chmakova, Russian-born comics artist
• Svetlana Gladysheva, Russian alpine skier
• Svetlana Gorshenina, Uzbekistani historian of Central Asia
• Svetlana Ishmouratova, Russian biathlete and soldier
• Svetlana Kapanina, Russian aerobatic pilot
• Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
• Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
• Svetlana Kitić, Bosnian retired professional handball player
• Svetlana Koroleva (model), Russian model
• Svetlana Koroleva (water polo), Kazakhstani waterpolo player
• Svetlana Koroleva-Babich
  , Soviet javelin thrower
• Svetlana Krachevskaya, Soviet Olympic silver medalist in shot put
• Svetlana Nikolaevna Kryuchkova
  , Russian actress
• Svetlana Valentinovna Kryuchkova, Russian volleyball player
• Svetlana Kulikova, Russian ice dancer
• Svetlana Kuzina, Russian water polo player
• Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
• Svetlana Loboda, Ukrainian singer
• Svetlana Lunkina, Russian ballet dancer
• Svetlana Masterkova, Russian middle-distance runner
• Svetlana Matveeva, Russian chess player
• Svitlana Maziy, Ukrainian rower
• Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
• Svetlana Melnikova, Soviet discus thrower and shotputter
• Svetlana Moskalets, Russian heptathlete
• Svetlana Nageykina, Soviet/Russian cross-country skier
• Svetlana Pankratova, world record-holder for longest female legs
• Svetlana Paramygina, Soviet Belarusian biathlete
• Svetlana Petcherskaia, Russian biathlete
• Svetlana Pletneva
  , Russian archeologist and historian
• Svetlana Ražnatović
  , Serbian pop-folk singer from Serbia
• Svetlana Roudenko, Russian-American mathematician
• Svetlana Savitskaya, Soviet cosmonaut
• Svetlana Smirnova, Soviet and Russian actress
• Svetlana Smirnova (sport shooter), Soviet and Russian sport shooter
• Svetlana Staneva, Bulgarian boxer
• Svetlana Surganova, Russian rock musician, singer and poet
• Svetlana Ulmasova, Soviet long-distance runner
• Svetlana Vysokova, Russian speed skater
• Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach
• Svetlana Zakharova (athlete)
  , Russian long-distance runner
• Svetlana Zakharova (dancer), principal dancer with the Bolshoï Ballet

See also

• Alexander Vostokov
• Shweta, equivalent South Asian name
• Keiko, equivalent Japanese name

References