All over the world, Merli (Merli 
, Мерли 
) is quite a rare epicene given name. The forename Merli is characteristic of Peru, where it is quite a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently boy's name, Estonia, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Italy, where it is a rare principally girly, but scarcely masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Indonesia, Peru, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More frequently, Merli is the last name as well as the forename.