Svetlana Drakulova

Name Inspiration

• She is the daughter of Sir Hobbs Drake, so the patronymic is as close as she could get. And it's cool.

Given Name

• Svetlana (Christian)
  • Svetokhna (Светохна)
  • Sviatokhna (Святохна)
• 16th and early 17th C. feminine names from Lithuanian records - https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ffride/lithuanianwomenasmenv.html
• Svetlana is the header form, and is therefore the modern Lithuanian spelling so... any other documentation for that spelling in period?
• Svetlana is not in Wickenden

Svetlana is a reasonable period spelling. Even if we don't have the exact formulation of "Svetlana" as a period spelling, we can easily attest it's component parts.

The prefix Svet- is

• already attested as a period spelling above. It is also attested in Wickenden, along with Svetl-
  • Svetek (m) -- "light." Svetek. 1280. [Mor 174]
  • Svetisla (m) -- "glorious light." Svetisla. c872. [Mor 173]
  • Svetizlaus (m) -- var of Sviatoslav.
  • Svetlik (m) -- Iasko Svetlik, craftsman. 1565. [Tup 351]
  • Svetloi (m) -- "light." Svetloi Negonovskoi. 1595. [Tup 351]
  • Svetlousha (m) -- Svetlousha. 13th Century. [Mor 174]

The suffix -lan or -lana

(all Wickenden 2nd edition):

• Belian (m) -- Dims: Bylana (Kamenets peasant). 1565. [Tup 79]
• Dublana (m) -- Pats: Dublanin. 1253. [Mor 79]
• Evlan (m) -- Evlan Shuliaga, craftsman. 1618. [Tup 450]
• Iablan (m) -- "apple tree." Pat Vars: Iablanik (Pavel Iablanik). 1382. [Mor 211]
• Kharlan (m) -- "joy." Kharlan, Kievan craftsman. 1552. [Tup 413]
• Malona (f) -- Vars: Malana. 1143. [Mor 118]
• Milan (m) -- "dear." Milan. 1389. [Mor 122]
• Myshlan (m) -- Mishko Myshlan, peasant. 1629. [Tup 262]

Byname/Surname

• She is the daughter of Sir Hobbs Drake, so the patronymic is as close as she could get. And it's cool.

Russian for "drake" = selezen'

Selezen' (m) -- "drake."

• Vasilii Selezen', landowner. 1471. [Tup 353]
  • Standard feminine patronymic form = Selezen'eva
  • Dims: Selezenets (Kafilat Selezenets, governor). 1280. [Tup 353]
  • Standard feminine patronymic form = Selezentsova
  • Pats: Seleznev (Vasilii Selezenev Guba). 1471. [Tup 121]
  • Feminine of above = Selezneva
• Wickenden 2nd Edition - https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/sa.html

Utka (m) -- "duck."

• Vasko Utka, peasant. 1495. [Tup 411]
  • Standard feminine patronymic form = Utkina
  • Pats: Utkin (Spiridon Nesterov syn, nicknamed Pervusha, Utkin, peasant). 1629. [Tup 300]
• Wickenden 2nd Edition - https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/t-u.html

Russian for "dragon" = "drakon"

• Draka (m) -- Draka, peasant. 1456. [Tup 133]
  • Standard feminine patronymic form = Drakina
• Drakon (m) --
  • Standard feminine patronymic form = Drakonova
• Drakul (m) -- the famous bloodthirsty count (or a namesake). Drakul. 1441. [Mor 79]
  • Standard feminine patronymic form = Drakulova
  • Vars: Drakula (scribe of Count Tolstoi). 1538. [Tup 133]
  • Standard feminine patronymic form = Drakulina
• Wickenden 2nd Edition - https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/d.html

Combination

• While Svetlana is documented as a "Lithuanian" name, it is clearly of Slavic origin
• Even if it wasn't, Baltic and East Slavic/Russian names can be combined per SENA Appendix C
• Svetlana (16th/17th C.) and Drakulova (15th C. on) are within 300 years of each other for temporal compatibility
• Given name + Patronymic is an attested East Slavic pattern per SENA Appendix A