Throughout the world, 臨 (臨 
) is an extremely rare unknown gender first name. More prevalently, 臨 is the last name as well as the forename.
臨 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rin Shizuka , the Japanese virtual YouTuber, Virtual-san Looking; Rin Tezuka , the main character from the 2012 visual novel Katawa Shoujo; Rin Nohara , the fictional character from Naruto, Naruto: Shippūden; Rin Shima , the fictional character from Laid-Back Camp and Rin Natsuki , the Pretty Cure character, Yes! PreCure 5.