Svetlana

Svetlana (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic: Светлана; Belarusian: Святла́на; Ukrainian: Світла́на) is a common Slavic female name, deriving from the Slavic root свет svet, which translates into English as "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as the word Shwet in Sanskrit. The name was coined by Alexander Vostokov and popularized by Vasily Zhukovsky in his eponymous ballad, first published in 1813. The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries.
In the Russian Orthodox Church Svetlana is used as a Russian translation of Photina (derived from φως (phos), meaning "light" in Greek), a name sometimes ascribed to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (the Bible, John 4).
Etymologically, similar names to this are Lucia (of Latin origin, meaning "light"), Claire ("light" or "clear" in French, equivalent to Spanish Clara), Roxana (from Old Persian, "little shiny star, light"), and Shweta (Sanskrit, "white, pure").
The Ukrainian equivalent is Svitlana (Світлана), the Belarusian, Sviatlana (Святлана). The Polish variant is Świetlana.
Russian language diminutives include Sveta (Света) and Lana.
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).

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Light, gift, world.

Shweta, Lana, Swetha, Svetla

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Svetlana Alliluyeva	1926	Daughter of Joseph Stalin
2	Svetlana Aleksievich	1948	Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer
3	Svetlana Khodchenkova	1983	Russian actress
4	Svetlana Khorkina	1979	Russian artistic gymnast
5	Svetlana Medvedeva	1965	First lady of Russia
6	Svetlana Boginskaya	1973	Belarusian gymnast
7	Svetlana Savitskaya	1948	Soviet cosmonaut
8	Svetlana Masterkova	1968	Russian middle-distance runner
9	Svetlana Kapanina	1968	Russian martial artist
10	Svetlana Loboda	1982	Ukrainian singer
11	Svetlana Pankratova	1971	Basketball player
12	Svetlana Podobedova	1986	Russian weightlifter
13	Svetlana Ustinova	1982	Russian actress
14	Svetlana Ivanova	1985	Russian actress
15	Svetlana Abrosimova	1980	Basketball player
16	Svetlana Boym	1966	American literary critic
17	Svetlana Metkina	1974	Russian actress
18	Svetlana Romashina	1989	Synchronized swimmer
19	Svetlana Chmakova	1979	Russian comic artist
20	Svetlana Alpers	1936	Artist, art historian and critic
21	Svetlana Toma	1947	Soviet actor
22	Svetlana Feofanova	1980	Russian pole vaulter
23	Svetlana Lunkina	1979	Russian ballet dancer
24	Svetlana Kitova	1960	Russian middle-distance runner
25	Svetlana Bojković	1947	Serbian actress
26	Svetlana Broz	1955	Bosnian-Serbian writer and physician
27	Svetlana Shkolina	1986	Athletics competitor
28	Svetlana Gerasimenko	1945	Soviet and Tajik astronomer
29	Svetlana Martynchik	1965	Ukrainian writer
30	Svetlana Dašić-Kitić	1960	Handball player
31	Svetlana Gannushkina	1942	Human rights activist
32	Svetlana Beriosova	1932	British ballet dancer
33	Svetlana Svetlichnaya	1940	Soviet and Russian actress
34	Svetlana Tsarukayeva	1987	Russian weightlifter
35	Svetlana Goundarenko	1969	Russian judoka
36	Svetlana Jitomirskaya	1966	American mathematician
37	Svetlana Surganova	1968	Russian singer
38	Svetlana Makarovič	1939	Slovenian writer
39	Svetlana Radzivil	1987	Uzbekistani high jumper
40	Svetlana Krivelyova	1969	Russian shot putter
41	Svetlana Mironyuk	1968	Russian media executive
42	Svetlana Valentinovna Kryuchkova	1985	Russian volleyball player
43	Svetlana Sleptsova	1986	Russian biathlete
44	Svetlana Nikolaevna Kryuchkova	1950	Soviet and Russian actress
45	Svetlana Svetikova	1983	Russian actor-singer
46	Svetlana Kolesnichenko	1993	Russian synchronized swimmer
47	Svetlana Stepankovskaya	1985	1st Runner-up of Miss Russia 2009
48	Svetlana Antonova	1979	Russian actress
49	Svetlana Baitova	1972	Artistic gymnast
50	Svetlana Velmar-Janković	1933	Serbian writer
51	Svetlana Penkina	1951	Soviet actor
52	Svetlana Ishmouratova	1972	Russian biathlete
53	Svetlana Sagaika	1968
54	Svetlana Zhurova	1972	Soviet and Russian speed skater
55	Svetlana Zakharova	1970	Russian long distance runner
56	Svetlana Druzhinina	1935	Soviet and Russian actress, film director and screenwriter
57	Svetlana Nemolayeva	1937	Actress
58	Svetlana Rodina Ljungkvist	1958	Swedish actress
59	Svetlana Chervonnaya	1948	Russian historian
60	Svetlana Gromenkova		American poker player
61	Svetlana Grozdova	1959	Gymnast
62	Svetlana Baskova	1965	Russian screenwriter, film producer and film director
63	Swetlana Geier	1923	Russian translator
64	Svetlana Katok	1947	Russian mathematician
65	Swetlana Wjatscheslawowna Filippowa	1990	Olympic diver
66	Svetlana Boiko	1972	Fencer
67	Svetlana Parkhomenko	1962	Soviet tennis player, winner of the WTA Sportsmanship Award
68	Svetlana Krachevskaya	1944	Soviet shot putter
69	Svetlana Bolshakova	1984	Russian-born triple jumper who competes for Belgium
70	Svetlana Klyukina	1989	Russian artistic gymanst
71	Svetlana Alexeeva	1955	Russian ice dancing coach
72	Svetlana Kulikova	1980	Figure skater
73	Svetlana Adyrkhaeva	1938	Russian ballet dancer
74	Svetlana Goncharenko	1971	Athletics competitor
75	Svetlana Smolina		Russian pianist
76	Svetlana Demina	1961	Sport shooter
77	Svetlana Shikshina	1980	Russian Go player
78	Svetlana Lazareva	1988	Lithuanian female model
79	Svetlana Cvetko		Cinematographer/director and winner of the Grand Prix du Public in Films de Femmes in France
80	Svetlana Tanasić		Serbian singer
81	Svetlana Matveeva	1969	Russian chess player
82	Svetlana Lapina	1978	Athletics competitor
83	Svetlana Paramygina	1965	Belarus biathlete
84	Svetlana Klyuka	1978	Russian middle distance runner
85	Svetlana Petcherskaia	1968	Russian biathlete
86	Svetlana Pospelova	1979	Athletics competitor
87	Svetlana Petko	1970	Footballer
88	Svetlana Tsys	1989	Miss Germany 2007
89	Svetlana Babanina	1943	Olympic swimmer
90	Svetlana Prudnikova	1967	Russian chess player
91	Svetlana Tolstaya	1971	Athletics competitor
92	Svetlana Issakova	1993	Figure skater
93	Svetlana Janotová	1986
94	Svetlana Bazhanova	1972	Speed skater
95	Svetlana Ganina	1978	Russian table tennis player
96	Chezhina Svetlana	1985	Russian Comics artist
97	Svetlana Kalinkina		Belarusian journalist and dissident
98	Svetlana Sorokina	1957	Soviet journalist
99	Svetlana Saenko	1982	Olympic wrestler
100	Svetlana Varganova	1964	Russian Olympic swimmer
101	Svetlana Buraga	1965	Athletics competitor
102	Svetlana Spajić	1971	Serbian traditional singer, performer, pedagogue, cultural activist and translator
103	Svetlana Anastasovska	1961	Handball player
104	Svetlana Gladysheva	1971	Alpine skier
105	Claire de Loutchek	2000
106	Svetlana Liapina		Ice dancer and coach
107	Svetlana Pesotskaya	1975	Russian television personality
108	Svetlana Zainetdinova	1962	Woman FIDE Master, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster
109	Svetlana Navasardyan	1946	Armenian musician
110	Svetlana Ulmasova	1953	Soviet distance runner
111	Svetlana Krivencheva	1973	Bulgarian tennis player
112	Svetlana Biryukova	1991	Russian long jumper
113	Svetlana Kharitonova	1932	Actress
114	Svetlana Bakhmina	1969	Russian lawyer
115	Svetlana Germanovich	1986	Kazakh rower
116	Svetlana Vanyo	1977	World Champion Swimming Medalist, Russian National Swimming Record Holder, Olympic Finalist.
117	Svetlana Ognjenović	1981	Serbian handball player
118	Svetlana Gounkina	1980	Golfer
119	Svetlana Kuzmina	1969	Swimmer
120	Svetlana Moskalets	1969	Athletics competitor
121	Svetlana Nageykina	1965	USSR, later Russian and thereafter Belarusian cross-country skier
122	Svetlana Bubnenkova	1973	Russian racing cyclist
123	Svetlana Leshukova	1974	Swimmer
124	Svetlana Babich	1947	Russian javelin thrower
125	Svetlana Cherkasova	1978	Athletics competitor
126	Svetlana Vasilyeva	1992	Russian race walker
127	Svetlana Melnikova	1951	Soviet shot putter and discus thrower
128	Svetlana Vysokova	1972	Speed skater
129	Svetlana Grinberg	1944	Soviet table tennis player
130	Svetlana Grankovskaya	1976	Russian racing cyclist
131	Svetlana Grigoryan	1930	Armenian actress
132	Svetlana Sokolova	1981	Russian heptathletes
133	Svetlana Rusu	1972	Moldovan politician
134	Svetlana Rudalova	1984	Rhythmic gymast
135	Svetlana Kana Radević	1937	Montenegrin architect
136	Svetlana Sergeeva	1986	Russian Paralympic athlete
137	Svetlana Lukić	1958
138	Svetlana Korytova	1968	Volleyball player
139	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1965	Olympic basketball player
140	Svetlana Lukasheva	1977	Kazakhstani middle distance runner
141	Svetlana K-Lie	1977	Russian artist
142	Svetlana Kuzina	1975	Water polo player
143	Svetlana Karpeeva	1985	Russian Olympic swimmer
144	Svetlana Konovalova	1990	Russian cross-country skier and biathlete
145	Svetlana Goryacheva	1947	Russian politician
146	Svetlana Gnezdilov	1969	Israeli heptathlete
147	Svetlana Munkova	1965	Athletics competitor
148	Svetlana Pristav		Ukrainian pair skater
149	Svetlana Zalevskaya	1973	Kazakhstani high jumper
150	Svetlana Ponomarenko	1969	Russian marathon runner
151	Svetlana Ischenko	1969	Ukrainian poet
152	Svetlana Mircheva
153	Svetlana Mironova	1986	Russian orienteer
154	Svetlana Lipatova	1993	Russian wrestler
155	Svetlana Bukareva	1981	Russian figure skater
156	Svetlana Saykina	1985	Athletics competitor
157	Svetlana Chernishova	1984	Russian figure skater
158	Svetlana Kuritsyna	1992	Russian journalist
159	Svetlana Nikolaeva	1984	Russia pair skater
160	Svetlana Fedotkina	1967	Speed skater
161	Svetlana Shnitko	1987	Russian yacht racer
162	Svetlana Antipova	1966	Olympic basketball player
163	Swetlana Heger	1968	Czech artist
164	Svetlana Koroleva	1973	Kazakhstani water polo player
165	Svetlana Vukajlović	1960	Serbian health professional
166	Svetlana Chimrova	1996	Russian swimmer
167	Svetlana Nesterova		Russian composer and musician
168	Svetlana Stević Vukosavljević	1948
169	Svetlana Shimkova	1983	Russian weightlifter
170	Svetlana Trunova	1983	Russian skeleton racer
171	Svetlana Dambinova	1949	Russian neuroscientist
172	Svetlana Slapšak	1948	Slovene anthropologist
173	Svetlana Mugoša-Antić	1964	Former Olympic handball player
174	Svetlana Bodritskaya	1971	Athletics (sport) competitor
175	Svetlana Burlak	1969	Russian linguist
176	Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina	1977	Kazakhstani cross-country skier
177	Svetlana Ulyanova	1979	Russian weightlifter
178	Svetlana Pasti		Finnish researcher
179	Svetlana Leseva	1967	Bulgarian female high jumper
180	Svetlana Nikishina	1958	Volleyball player
181	Svetlana Gorokhovich		Pianist
182	Svetlana Tsydikova	1985	Footballer
183	Svetlana Smirnova	1956	Soviet and Russian actress
184	Svetlana Laukhova	1973	Russian hurdler
185	Svetlana Kirdina	1955	Sociologist
186	Svetlana Badulina	1960	Volleyball player
187	Svetlana Bachevanova		Bulgarian born photographer
188	Svetlana Kaykan	1978	Russian speed skater
189	Svetlana Bezrodnaya	1934	Russian conductor and music educator
190	Svetlana Boldykova	1982	Russian snowboarder
191	Svetlana Kazanina	1971	Athletics competitor
192	Svetlana Žuchová	1976	Slovakian writer and translator
193	Svetlana Guskova	1957	Soviet distance runner
194	Svetlana Semyonova	1958	Olympic rower
195	Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci	1969	Athletics competitor
196	Svetlana Serkeli		Soviet ice dancer
197	Svetlana Pryakhina	1970	Handball player
198	Svetlana Savyolova	1942
199	Svetlana Morşinina		Azeri actor
200	Svetlana Karamasheva	1988	Middle-distance runner