Girl name Slavic origin Christian tradition

Svetlana

svet-LAH-nuh · 8 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Light; holy
Language
Slavic
Culture
Russian/Slavic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
light · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#5751
2024 births22
Peak year2007
First appeared1967
Total US births909
2007 peak19671981199620102024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
SvetaLana
Alternate spellings
SvitlanaSvetla
In other languages
Svetlana (Russian)Svitlana (Ukrainian)Světlana (Czech)

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