First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1890. From austra (“dawn”).
Austra
- a female given name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Austra was the only given name of 1902 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.