Across the world, Merdu (Merda 
, Merdu 
) is a rare largely girly, but infrequently male first name. The first name Merdu is characteristic of Ethiopia, where it is a rare epicene name, Turkey, where it is a rare dominantly feminine, but seldom masculine name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Turkey. Likewise, Merdu is the last name as well as the forename.