The baby name Sviatlana is a Girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced svyat-LAH-nah.
Sviatlana is Belarusian, Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Sviatlana is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced svyat-LAH-nah.
Sviatlana is Belarusian, Slavic in Origin.
Sviatlana is the Belarusian Latin form of Святлана, a cognate of Russian Svetlana and Ukrainian Svitlana. The name belongs to the modern Slavic light-name group built on Proto-Slavic *světъ, light, brightness, and in some languages also world. In Belarusian the relevant native word is святло, light; the feminine name adds the name-forming ending -ana/-lana. The earliest literary form of this name family is Svetlana, coined in Russian literary usage in the early nineteenth century.
Svetlana was introduced by Alexander Vostokov and made familiar through Vasily Zhukovsky’s 1813 ballad Svetlana, after which it entered Russian naming practice and spread to neighboring Slavic cultures. Sviatlana is specifically Belarusian, reflecting local spelling and pronunciation, while Svitlana is Ukrainian and Svjetlana appears in South Slavic usage. The name became especially visible in the Soviet period and remains associated with Belarusian and Eastern European communities rather than English-speaking naming fashion.
| Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is a Belarusian politician who became widely known for her role in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. She emerged as a leading opposition figure against President Alexander Lukashenko after her husband, a prominent activist, was jailed. Her campaign drew significant international attention and support, highlighting issues of democracy and human rights in Belarus. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY | Girls | 0 | #125 | 1 | 3,755 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #142 | 1 | 1,888 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #200 | 1 | 1,904 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #348 | 4 | 5,378 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #356 | 9 | 5,096 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #468 | 4 | 7,952 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #519 | 5 | 11,913 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #543 | 3 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #595 | 3 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #731 | 8 | 3,895 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,246 | 9 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,409 | 38 | 9,415 |
Sviatlana is popular in 20 countries — most recent births per country:
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