Svetlana
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Svetlana is a common Slavic female name, meaning "light", "clean" or "holy".The "author" of this name is Russian poet Vasiliy Andreievich Zhukovskiy (1783-1852) who wrote an epic poem entitled "Svetlana". Public ecceptanice of this poem was great. Svetlana evokes also the great Russian poet A.S. Pushkin in the verses of Eugen Onegin (he compares her to his Tatiana). The epic poem "Svetlana" belongs to the jewels of Russian and international literature. The most similar name to this is Lucia (of Latin word origin, meaning "light") or Roxana (of Old Persian origin,Bactrian: Roshanak; literally "little shiny star" or "light").
People named Svetlana include:
- Svetlana Alliluyeva, the youngest daughter of Joseph Stalin
- Svetlana Boiko, a Russian fencer
- Svetlana Boginskaya, a Soviet/Belarussian gymnast
- Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović, a pop-folk singer from Serbia
- Svetlana Cherkasova, a Russian middle distance runner
- Svetlana Ishmouratova, a Russian biathlete and soldier
- Svetlana Kouzina, a Russian water polo player
- Svetlana Kulikova, a Russian ice dancer
- Svetlana Kuznetsova, a Russian tennis player
- Svetlana Matveeva, a Soviet/Russian chess player
- Svetlana Nagejkina, a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier
- Svetlana Paramygina, a former Soviet/Belarussian biathlete
- Svetlana Petcherskaia, a former Russian biathlete
- Svetlana Pletneva, a Russian archeologist and historian
- Svetlana Sotiroff MacDonald, a Canadian lawyer
- Svetlana Vysokova, a Russian speed skater
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