Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
SvetlanaIn Hebrew: סבטלנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: סְבֶטְלָנָה
Svetlana (Hebrew: סבטלנה) is a girl's name of international origin. 8,192 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1964, with 277 babies.
- People in Israel
- 8,192
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1964
- 277 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Svetlana
In Hebrew letters the name is סבטלנה, read right to left. Svetlana is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Svetlana by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Svetlana
How do you write Svetlana in Hebrew?
Svetlana is written סבטלנה in Hebrew (with vowel points: סְבֶטְלָנָה). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Svetlana?
8,192 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סבטלנה: 8,192 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Svetlana a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named סבטלנה are women.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.