Swetlana (first name)
Swetlana (also: Svetlana; Russian and Serbian Светлана, Ukrainian Svitlana / Світлана) is a Slavic female given name. The meaning of the name is Die Helle (The Light) or The White or "the one who brings light". The name is especially popular in Russia , Ukraine , Belarus , Serbia and Croatia . The common pet forms of the name are Sweta, Ceca and Lana. The name goes back to Alexander Vostokow and a ballad by Vasily Zhukovsky . In Greek, the name is Fotini .
Name days
Well-known namesake
- Svetlana
- Swetlana Alexijewitsch (* 1948), Belarusian-Russian writer
- Svetlana Iossifowna Allilujewa (1926–2011), daughter of Josef Stalin
- Svetlana Vladimirovna Bogdanova (* 1964), Russian handball player
- Svetlana Jurjewna Bubnenkowa (* 1973), Russian cyclist and two-time world champion
- Swetlana Wassiljewna Chorkina (* 1979), Russian gymnast
- Svetlana Evgenjewna Feofanowa (* 1980), Russian athlete
- Swetlana Geier (1923–2010), Russian-German literary translator
- Svetlana Walentinovna Goncharenko (* 1971), former Russian sprinter
- Swetlana Georgijewna Grinberg (* 1944), Russian table tennis player
- Svetlana Irekowna Ischmuratowa (* 1972), former Russian biathlete
- Svetlana Alexandrovna Kuznetsova (* 1985), Russian tennis player
- Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkowa (* 1968), former Russian middle-distance runner
- Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (* 1965), wife of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev
- Swetlana Sajenko (* 1982), Ukrainian wrestler who has competed for the Republic of Moldova since 2012
- Svetlana Evgenjewna Sawizkaja (* 1948), Russian cosmonaut
- Swetlana Schönfeld (* 1951), German film and theater actress
- Svetlana Sergejewna Schurowa (* 1972), former Russian speed skater
- Svetlana Jurjewna Slepzowa (* 1986), Russian biathlete and Olympic champion
- Svetlana Ulmassowa (1953-2009), Soviet athlete
- Svetlana
- Svetlana , singer and participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 for Luxembourg
- Svetlana Dašić-Kitić (* 1960), former Bosnian handball player
- Svetlana Jitomirskaya (* 1966), Russian-American mathematician
- Svetlana Ognjenović (* 1981), Serbian handball player
- Svetlana Ražnatović (* 1973), Serbian folk / turbo folk singer
- Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (* 1969), Moldovan marathon runner
- Svetlana Tširkova (* 1945), former Soviet fencer of Estonian origin
- Svetlana Zilberman (* 1958), Israeli badminton player of Belarusian origin
- Svitlana / Switlana
- Svitlana Azarova (* 1976), Ukrainian-Dutch composer of contemporary classical music
- Switlana Krikontschuk (* 1984), Ukrainian summer biathlete
- Switlana Loboda (* 1982), Ukrainian singer, presenter and fashion designer
- Switlana Serbina (* 1980), former Ukrainian water diver
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrej Probst: Name day Slovakia - Gregorian calendar 2018 - Calendar.sk. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .