Svetka Forename

698,971st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Svetka Forename User-submission:

Svetlana was introduced by Russian philologist and poet Alexander Vostokov in 1802 and popularized by another poet Vasily Zhukovsky in 1813. It's derived from the word svet, which means 'light'. Because of its structural similarity to a lot of established Russian female names and clear and beautiful meaning, it became popular.

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Svetka Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia
100%
841:50,2031,743
United States-131:27,887,460205,684
Azerbaijan
100%
131:741,76512,605
Australia-101:1,365,76214,367
Wales-71:442,0445,971
Georgia
 
67%
61:623,07810,501
Armenia
100%
51:583,7516,330
Slovenia
100%
51:491,7525,628
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
31:1,174,8196,090
Germany
100%
31:32,225,95964,270
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Serbia
100%
11:7,145,72110,629
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996

Svetka Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Svetlana was introduced by Russian philologist and poet Alexander Vostokov in 1802 and popularized by another poet Vasily Zhukovsky in 1813. It's derived from the word svet, which means 'light'. Because of its structural similarity to a lot of established Russian female names and clear and beautiful meaning, it became popular. The name is similar in meaning to Greek name Fotina, Italian Lucia and English Clare (Clara).

It may be shortened to Sveta, Svetka or Svetochka.

- sveths

Svetka Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shvetka9246/
Svettka924/
Svetkaa923/
Svetkka922/
Svaetka921/
Ssvetka921/
Svethka921/
Svetkai921/
Svietka921/
Cvetka834,898/
Svetko831,430/
Swetka8316/
Svatka8312/
Sbetka833/
Suetka832/
Svetca832/
Svedka832/
Svetki831/
Svetqa831/
Zvetka831/
Svetkaych801/
Svetkoo7713/
Shvedka7711/
Sweetka773/
Cvettka772/
Sveetko772/
Svetkou772/
Ssvetko771/
Svetkis771/
Sweetkay711/
Cvetko679,635/
Svetco673/
Cwetka673/
Cvitka672/
Cuetka672/
Svedko672/
Svitko672/
Zvetko672/
Sweetkash671/
Swetko671/
Svitki671/
Svaťka671/
Suetko671/
Suetki671/
Suitka671/
Swatka671/
Zvitka671/

Svetka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Svetka in the Russian language
Светкаsvetka-

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