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Around the globe, بالين (Balin , Palin , Ballin ) is quite a rare epicene forename. The given name بالين is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly feminine name, India, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Romania, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in India, Iraq, and Indonesia. More prevalently, بالين is the last name as well as the forename.
بالين is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Balin , the fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and Palin Majere , character in Dragonlance.