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”