Merv is a city in Turkmenistan.
Merv is also a nickname for Mervin or Mervyn:
People Merv Batt, birth name of professional wrestler Steve Rickard Merv Connors (1914–2006), American baseball player Merv Cross (1941–2023), Australian rugby league player Merv Denton (1919–1980), Australian rugby league player Merv Everett (1917–1988), Australian politician and judge Merv Gordon, New Zealand association footballer Merv Griffin (1925–2007), American TV personality Merv Harvey (1918–1995), Australian cricketer Merv Hicks (born 1943), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player Merv Hobbs (born 1942), Australian rules footballer Merv Hughes (born 1961), Australian cricketer Merv Hunter (1926–2013), Australian politician Merv Jackson, American basketball player Merv Johnson (born 1923), Canadian politician Merv Krakau (born 1951), American National Football League player Merv Leitch (1926–1990), Canadian politician Merv McIntosh (1922–2010), Australian rules footballer Merv Mosely (born 1966), American football player Merv Neagle (1958–2012), Australian rules footballer Merv Pregulman (1922–2012), American National Football League player Merv Rettenmund (born 1943), American baseball player Merv Richards (1930–2018), New Zealand pole vaulter Merv Rose, Australian tennis player Merv Rylance, Australian rugby union player Merv Shea (1900–1953), American baseball player Merv Tweed (born 1955), Canadian politician Merv Wallace (1916–2008), New Zealand cricketer Merv Warren, American musician and record producer Merv Wellington (1940–2003), New Zealand politician Merv Wood, Australian rower
Fictional characters Merv Pumpkinhead, in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series "Merv the Perv", a recurring character on Saturday Night Live
Other uses Merv (East Syriac ecclesiastical province), an East Syriac region circa 5th–11th centuries Merv (film), an American romantic comedy film Minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV), a measurement scale for the effectiveness of air filters