Svjetlana

Croatian and Serbian form of SVETLANA.

SVETLANA   female   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Derived from Slavic svet meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem 'Svetlana' (1813) by the Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine.
EQUIVALENTS
BULGARIAN: Svetlana
CROATIAN: Svjetlana
CZECH: Světlana
MACEDONIAN: Svetlana
RUSSIAN: Svetlana
SERBIAN: Svetlana, Svjetlana
SLOVAK: Svetlana
UKRAINIAN: Svitlana
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Lana
RUSSIAN: Lana, Sveta
SERBIAN: Lana