Svetlana
Svetlana is a feminine given name of Russian origin, deriving from the Slavic word svet, meaning "light". Derived forms include Sveta, Svetlanka, Svetulya, Svetunya, Svetusya, Svetukha, Svetusha, Veta, Svetka, and Lana.
Meaning & Origin of Svetlana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Svetlana is a feminine given name of Russian origin, deriving from the Slavic word svet, meaning "light". Derived forms include Sveta, Svetlanka, Svetulya, Svetunya, Svetusya, Svetukha, Svetusha, Veta, Svetka, and Lana.
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The Story of Svetlana
Svetlana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1967, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 51 Svetlanas were born — ranking #3,288 that year. As of 2026, Svetlana ranks #5,688 for baby girls with 22 births, gradually falling (-8%). In total, more than 953 Svetlanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Svetlana
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- Svetlana Abrosimova (born 1980), Russian professional basketball player
- Svetlana Adyrkhaeva (1938–2023), Russian ballet dancer
- Svetlana Agapitova (born 1964), Russian activist
- Svetlana Alekseeva , several people
- Svetlana Alekseyeva (born 1970), Belarusian diver
- Svetlana Alexievich (born 1948), Belarusian journalist, writer, 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926–2011), the youngest daughter of Joseph Stalin
- Svetlana Alpers (born 1936), American art historian, professor, writer and critic
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About the name Svetlana
Svetlana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 953 births in the dataset. Svetlana's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #3,288. Use the chart and map above to compare Svetlana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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