# Svetlana

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,125

## Definitions
1. A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.

## Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Светла́на (Svetlána), from свет (svet, “light”). Made up by Alexander Vostokov in 1802, later borrowed into English and other languages.

## Easily confused with
- **Shetland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shetland-vs-svetlana)

## Common misspellings (12)
`sevtlana`, `ssvetlana`, `sveltana`, `svetalna`, `svetlaan`, `svetlanna`, `svetllana`, `svetlnaa`, `svettlana`, `svtelana`, `svvetlana`, `vsetlana`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/svetlana