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Svetlana
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A female given name common in Slavic, especially Orthodox Christian, countries.
"Svetlana moved from Moscow to London for work."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common Russian and Slavic female name meaning roughly "bright" or "of light."
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Etymology
From Russian Svetlana, related to svet ("light"). Coined around 1802 by the poet Alexander Vostokov and later adopted widely.