When Florentina Fontanos Ariz was born in 1906, in Bauang, La Union, Philippines, her father, Julian Ariz, was 44 and her mother, Maria Fontanos, was 42. She married Francisco Gacad Andrada on 2 March 1956, in Bauang, La Union, Philippines. She died on 11 October 2012, in her hometown, at the age of 106.
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Abdul, Mohammad, Mohammed, Ahmed, Khalid, Tariq, Abdel, Abdullah, Amir, Aziz, Rahmat, Salim.
Arabic: from the personal name ʿAzīz, meaning both ‘mighty’ and ‘dear one’. Al-ʿAzīz ‘the All-Mighty’ or ‘the Beloved’ is an attribute of God/Allah, also seen in the compound name ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz (see Abdelaziz ). Bearers of this surname are mostly Muslims.
In some cases probably also an American shortened form of Armenian Azizian .
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