In the world, Merke (Merke 
, Merki 
, Merkja 
) is a rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly male first name. The first name Merke is characteristic of the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare male name, Ethiopia, where it is a rare feminine name, and India, where it is a very rare predominantly girly, but very infrequently male name. More prevalently, Merke is the last name as well as the forename.