Svetlana

Where Svetlana comes from

Transliteration of Russian Светла́на (Svetlána), from свет (svet, “light”). Made up by Alexander Vostokov in 1802, later borrowed into English and other languages.
— Wiktionary's entry for Svetlana
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #4,300 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2007
    Peak, #3,289
    51 babies named Svetlana — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,904.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.