Globally, Merling (Merling 
, Мерлинг 
) is quite a rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly male forename. The first name Merling is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Nicaragua, where it is quite a common dominantly female, but infrequently male name, Puerto Rico, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Costa Rica, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Nicaragua, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Peru. Likewise, Merling is the last name as well as the forename.