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Worldwide, Meling (梅林 , Meling , ג'אר ) is a common unisex first name. The forename Meling is habitual in China, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Philippines, where it is a rare dominantly feminine, but seldom boy's name, and Nicaragua, where it is a rare principally feminine, but very seldom masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, Philippines, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Meling is the last name as well as the forename.
Meling is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: 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"; Merlin of Amber , the the protagonist of the latter five novels of Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, The Chronicles of Amber; Merlin , character in Kaamelott and Merlin Jones , the character from The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, The Monkey's Uncle, among other works.