>
In the world, Marlin (Marlin , 马林 , מרלין ) is a common unisex first name. The forename Marlin is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Nicaragua, where it is quite a common predominantly feminine, but very seldom male name, the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a common dominantly girly, but uncommonly masculine name, and Guatemala, where it is quite a common principally female, but scarcely male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Marlin is the last name as well as the forename.
Marlin is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Marlin , the fictional fish, Finding Dory; Marlin , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character; Merlin , the fictional character, a comic book magician published by DC Comics, Legends of Tomorrow; Merlin , the fictional character from Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" and Merlin of Amber , the the protagonist of the latter five novels of Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, The Chronicles of Amber, and in many other works.