When Anastacia Macasinag Musa was born on 22 January 1928, in Camalig, Albay, Philippines, her father, Adolfo Gomez Musa, was 21 and her mother, Purification Morcoso MACASINAG, was 20. She died on 31 October 2012, in Binitayan, Camalig, Albay, Philippines, at the age of 84.
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Ibrahim, Mohammed, Mustafa, Sami, Abdal, Bassam, Hussein, Jamal, Mazen, Muhammad, Musa. Spanish Jorge, Jose, Mario, Narciso, Carmelita, Cleofas, Eduardo, Esperanza, Jesus, Juan, Luis, Luz.
Arabic: from the personal name Mūsā, an Arabic form of the name of the Biblical prophet Moses . The Koran says (19:51): ‘He was especially chosen, and he was a Messenger and a Prophet.’ It was borne by the seventh imam of the Shiite Muslims, Mūsā al-Kāẓim (c. 745–799, imam from 765). This surname is found among both Muslims and Christians, in part as an Arabized form of any of the Assyrian/Chaldean variants such as Moshe and Moushe. Compare Moosa , Mosa , Mousa , Moussa , and Mussa .
Croatian: from the Muslim personal name Musa, a Turkish form of the Biblical name Moses (see 1 above). This surname originated as a nickname during the Turkish occupation of the Balkans.
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