Asturian Word Names

Origin
Asturian
Gender
Masculine

I thought I would do a list each week of names inspired by words from endangered or extinct languages. Here is a list of Asturian words that would make great names. These are hypothetical, not necessarily legitimate, but what a great way to keep a minority language alive by using one of its words as a name, especially if you have heritage from that culture.

If you are unfamiliar as to what Asturian is, here is a brief explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturian_language

Male

  • Abetu “fir”
  • Acebu “holly”
  • Alendar “to breath”
  • Algodón “cotton”
  • Andrín “bilberries”
  • Arder “to be consumed by fire”
  • Babarón “bumble bee”
  • Bacaláu “cod”
  • Bauríu “echo”
  • Bendicir “to bless”
  • Bidul “birch”
  • Bonu “good”
  • Branu “summer”
  • Buxu “grey”
  • Cadmiu “cadmium”
  • Caliar “limestone”
  • Cazador “hunter”
  • Cerru “hill”
  • Chubascu “cloudburst”
  • Cuervu “crow”
  • Deséu “desire”
  • Evanxeliu “gospel”
  • Faisán “pheasant”
  • Fueu “fire”
  • Freisnu “ash tree”
  • Gaiteru “bagpiper”
  • Gamu “fallow deer”
  • Glayu “jay”
  • Grifu “griffin”
  • Gurrión “sparrow”
  • Iceber “iceberg”
  • Iviernu “winter”
  • Lladríu “to shout”
  • Lladriyu “brick”
  • Llagu “lake”
  • Llobu “wolf”
  • Lloréu “laurel”
  • Mariello “yellow”
  • Marrón “brown”
  • Marte “planet Mars”
  • Melandru “badger”
  • Mercáu “fair; handsome”
  • Meyor “best”
  • Ñerbatu “blackbird”
  • Nisu “plum”
  • Ochobre “October”
  • Orbayu “dew”
  • Oriciu “hedgehog”
  • Oru “gold”
  • Orsu “bear”
  • Pantanu “marsh”
  • Pardal “house sparrow”
  • Pardu “brown”
  • Páxaru “bird”
  • Prietu “black”
  • Raitán “robin”
  • Raposu “fox”
  • Rayu “lightning”
  • Remu “oar”
  • Ríu “river”
  • Roble “oak”
  • Ruiseñor “nightingale”
  • Sábadu “Saturday”
  • Salgueru “willow”
  • Salú “health”
  • Sufreiru “cork tree”
  • Temprano “early”
  • Terremotu “earthquake”
  • Tiburón “shark”
  • Toxu “gorse”
  • Uvar “grapevine; rumour”
  • Vaderríos “halcyon”
  • Veleru “jellyfish”
  • Verderón “male greenfinch”
  • Verdosu “greenish”
  • Xacintu “hyacinth”
  • Xelu “frost”
  • Xil “flint”
  • Xuramentu “oath”

Female

  • Abeya “bee”
  • Ablana “hazelnut”
  • Aceitera “dragonfly”
  • Aceituna “olive”
  • Ádiga “avalanche”
  • Ágila “eagle”
  • Aire “air”
  • Albaricoca “apricot”
  • Aleta “fin”
  • Amatista “amethyst”
  • Amistá “friendship”
  • Ámbare “amber”
  • Andarina “swallow”
  • Arciella “clay”
  • Arpa “harp”
  • Azafrán “saffron”
  • Berenxena “eggplant”
  • Borrina “fog”
  • Brillante “bright”
  • Bronce “bronze”
  • Cadena “chain”
  • Caléndula “calendula”
  • Campana “bell”
  • Caparina “butterfly”
  • Capiella “chapel”
  • Carmín “crimson”
  • Castañuela “castanet”
  • Castiella “Castile”
  • Castidá “chastity”
  • Catasol “daisy”
  • Caye “lane”
  • Cebada “barley”
  • Ceniza “ashes”
  • Chiribita “daisy”
  • Ciruela “plum”
  • Clavel “carnation; pink”
  • Collecha “harvest”
  • Coral “heart”
  • Coría “female duck”
  • Corteza/Corteya: “tree bark”
  • Creencia “belief”
  • Crisálida “chrysalis”
  • Cuaresma “Lent”
  • Curuxa “owl”
  • Dátil “date palm”
  • Diamante “diamond”
  • Dulzura “sweetness”
  • Edá “age; time”
  • Espinera “hawthorn”
  • Faba “bean”
  • Fada “fairy”
  • Falsiacacia “acacia”
  • Faya “beech tree”
  • Felicidá “felicity; happiness”
  • Folixa “holiday”
  • Fresa “strawberry”
  • Fueya “leaf”
  • Gaita “bagpipe”
  • Galaxa “galaxy”
  • Ganancia “benefit”
  • Garza “heron”
  • Gaviota “seagull”
  • Golondra “swallow”
  • Granate “garnet”
  • Guapura “beauty”
  • Hiedra “ivy”
  • Ilesia “church”
  • Islla “island”
  • Lince “lynx”
  • Llágrima “teardrop”
  • Llamera “elm tree”
  • Llanza “lance”
  • Lleenda “legend”
  • Llibertá “liberty”
  • Llovia “rain”
  • Lluna “moon”
  • Llundria “otter”
  • Lluz “light”
  • Malvís “songthrush”
  • Marfil “ivory”
  • Martinete “halcyon”
  • Maruxu “ladybug; ladybird”
  • Maxarina “butterfly”
  • Mazana “apple”
  • Mediudía “noon”
  • Melecina “cure”
  • Mirasol “sunflower”
  • Naranxa “orange”
  • Navidá “Christmas”
  • Ñeve “snow”
  • Nube “cloud”
  • Nubláu “cloudy”
  • Ñublina “mist”
  • Ocla “seaweed”
  • Ortiga “nettle”
  • Papuela “corn poppy; red weed”
  • Palomba “dove”
  • Pascueta “daisy”
  • Pega “magpie”
  • Pegueta “green plover”
  • Perdiz/Pampana “partrige”
  • Perlla “pearl”
  • Poma “apple”
  • Povisa “dust”
  • Prieta “black”
  • Prúa “light rain”
  • Púrpura “purple”
  • Ralla/Rolla/Ronciella “nightjar”
  • Roca “rock”
  • Rosada “dew”
  • Sablera “sandy shore”
  • Salmoria “brine”
  • Seronda “autumn”
  • Solombra “shadow”
  • Sufresna “evergreen oak”
  • Tecla “piano key”
  • Tierra “earth”
  • Toliña/Tolina “dolfin”
  • Vellorita “daisy”
  • Verdá “truth”
  • Verderina “greenfinch”
  • Viesca “forest”
  • Vulpeya “female fox”
  • Xarazu “hail”
  • Xarda “mackerel”
  • Xazmín “jasmine”
  • Xema “gemstone; jewel”
  • Xibia “cuttlefish”
  • Xornada “day”
  • Yerba “grass”
  • Xusteza “justice”
  • Zafil “sapphire”
  • Zarza “fog”
  • Zenxibre “ginger”
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