Across the world, 松林 (松林 
, Matsubayashi 
) is a common principally male, but very infrequently girly given name. The first name 松林 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently female name. Much less frequently, 松林 is the last name as well as the forename.
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| 松林 | China |
| Matsubayashi | Japan, China, United States, Bahrain, Brazil |
Matubayashi, and しょうりん
| 松林廉之助 JP (b. 1839) |
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松林宗恵 Japanese film director, JP (b. 1920) |
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| 松林久吉 Japanese bureaucrat, JP (b. 1907) |
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| 松林 尚志 Japanese haiku poet, JP (b. 1930) |
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| 松林茂 Japanese baseball player, JP (b. 1947) |
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| 松林 正一郎 Japanese businessperson, JP (b. 1948) |
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| 松林靖明 JP (b. 1942) |
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| 松林和雄 Japanese baseball player, JP (b. 1962) |
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| 松林要樹 Japanese film director, JP (b. 1979) |
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| 松林悟 Japanese mangaka, JP (b. 1983) |
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| 松林美久 Japanese footballer, JP (b. 1984) |
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| 松林 宏治 JP (b. 1976) |
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| 松林菜々見 Japanese tarento and race queen, JP (b. 1986) |
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| 松林結梨乃 Japanese child actor, JP (b. 1995) |
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| 松林啓太 JP (b. 1994) |
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