Globally, 雅琳 (雅琳 
, Yalin 
) is a common dominantly female, but seldom male first name. The first name 雅琳 is characteristic of China, where it is a rare mostly girly, but seldom boy's name, Turkey, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name, and the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in China, Turkey, and India. Also, 雅琳 is the last name as well as the forename.