Svetlana

With 168178 bearers, Svetlana is the 10th most common feminine given name in Kazakhstan (2014 Data). With 9661 bearers, Svetlana is the 4th most common feminine given name in Estonia (2014 Data).

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Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/svetlana

Svetlana is also used in Armenia and Georgia. Both countries were once part of the Soviet Union, and before that, of the Russian Empire. [noted -ed]

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The name is written as Սվետլանա in Armenian and as სვეტლანა in Georgian.

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Sources used:
- http://armenian.name/index.php?a=term&d=2&t=1510 (in English)
- http://armenian.name/index.php?a=term&d=4&t=1672 (in Armenian)
- see the entry for Svetlana: https://web.archive.org/web/20130130165826/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=search&by=%E1%83%A1&nr_page=2 (in Georgian; the entry's own page unfortunately was not archived)
- see the entry for Svetlana: http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4321/ (in Georgian; this website copied the complete entry of the prior link)
- Svetlana Grigoryan (1930-2014), an Armenian actress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Grigoryan (in English)
- Svetlana Navasardyan (b. 1946), an Armenian classical concert pianist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Navasardyan (in English)
- Svetlana Kudba (b. 1952), a Georgian lawyer and politician: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%93%E1%83%91%E1%83%90 (in Georgian)
- Svetlana Mkrtchiani-Peikrishvili (b. 1961), a Georgian athlete: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98-%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98 (in Georgian)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Svetlana&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://am.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Svetlana/+/am-0-Armeni%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Armenia)
• https://ge.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Svetlana/+/ge-0-Georgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Georgia)
- https://www.facebook.com/search/people/?q=svetlana (best to search for bearers in the most populous cities of each country, such as Tbilisi for Georgia and Yerevan for Armenia)

Also Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana

Also Moldovan: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_C%C3%A2rstean

The name Svetlana was given to 38 baby girls born in the US in 2012.

Also a feminine name in Slovenia.

This is a VERY popular name in Russia - like the equivilant to Brittany here in America. A pet form is Svety. It isn't so well-thought of in most other places because people think it sounds harsh, and Svety reminds them of Sweaty. I LOVE it though! It's so pretty! :D.