 The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries.In the Russian Orthodox Church "Svetlana" is used as a Russian translation of "Photina" (derived from "phos" (, "light")), a name sometimes ascribed to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (the Bible, John 4).Semantically, similar names to this are "Lucia" (of Latin origin, meaning "light"), "Claire" ("light" or "clear" in French, equivalent to Spanish ""), "Roxana" (from Old Persian, "little shiny star, light"), and "Shweta" (Sanskrit, "white, pure").