Russian (Светлана) "bright and good; bright soul". Form of Photina. The name was coined and first used in the romance by Vostokov "Svetlana and Mstislav" (1802).
Diminutives: Sveta, Svetka, Svetlanka, Svetulya, Svetunya, Svetusya, Svetusha, Lana, Svetik, Svetachka, Svetochka, Svetusik.
Name-days:
February 26 - Reverend Svetlana ( Photina ).
April 2 - martyr Svetlana ( Photina ) Samaritan Woman.
November 16 - Martyr Svetlana ( Photina ).

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