'Svelte' means 'slender and elegant', 'urbane', 'attractively thin, graceful, and stylish', or 'lithe', depending on which dictionary you consult. It comes from

'Svelte' means 'slender and elegant', 'urbane', 'attractively thin, graceful, and stylish', or 'lithe', depending on which dictionary you consult. It comes from the Italian svelto meaning 'quick'. Those are all excellent connotations! But yes, it seems that a lot of people, at least here in the US, aren't familiar with the word. It doesn't matter though. I build tools for my job because the existing ones don't meet my needs, and then I share them because there's no good reason not to. I couldn't care less whether or not people use them as long as the ideas get out there. So if someone decides not to use Svelte because they don't like the name, all I do is shrug.