Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Latvian, Baltic Mythology Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 4/27/2014 by squeoo Edited 3/10/2019 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Derived from Latvian austra "aurora", this is the name of the Latvian personification (sometimes goddess) of the dawn and light who acts as a messenger of the sun.