Svetlana

A girls’ name of Russian origin, meaning bright or luminous.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Svetlana by the numbers

Svetlana was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 51 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Svetlana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Scotlandland of the scots38 in the US (2017)
  • Stellinalittle star; a form of stella6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean light

Like Svetlana, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
  • Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
  • Claireclear, bright4,683 in the US (2017)
  • Lucyborn of light4,564 in the US (2017)
  • Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Svetlana

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