Jane Doe
Unidentified female placeholder
Jane Doe is a placeholder name for a woman whose identity is unknown or withheld.
It appears in legal documents when an anonymous party must be named: The plaintiff is listed as Jane Doe.
Hospitals use it for unidentified female patients.
In casual speech, Jane Doe means any random woman: Some Jane Doe showed up asking questions.
The male equivalent is John Doe.
Temporary position marker
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- namelessWithout any designation
- facelessLacking identity or features
pseudonym · alias · incognito · privacy · confidential · undisclosed · anonymous · fictitious
Civil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
testimony · witness · victim · corpse · morgue · forensic · autopsy · identification
Original model for copies
- representativeOne who acts for another
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- relatableEasy to identify with
universal · ordinary · commonplace · emblematic · symbolic · quintessential · prototypical · exemplar
placeholder
Temporary position marker
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- namelessWithout any designation
faceless · pseudonym · alias · incognito · privacy · confidential · undisclosed · anonymous · fictitious · hypothetical
plaintiff
Civil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
court · testimony · witness · victim · corpse · morgue · forensic · autopsy · identification · homicide
archetype
Original model for copies
- representativeOne who acts for another
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
relatable · universal · ordinary · commonplace · emblematic · symbolic · quintessential · prototypical · exemplar · stand-in
- Everymanaverage Joe, everyman, common man, regular Joe, regular guy
- placeholder namesJohn Smith, John Q. Public, Joe Bloggs, Average Joe
- placeholder peopleaverage Joe, everyman, Alice, Bob, Eve
- DC VillainsJoker, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Riddler, Penguin
- common namescommon names, John, Joe, Bob, Bill
- mysterious figuresenigma, phantom, shadowy figure, mysterious stranger, mystery man
Jane Doereal name
Actual given identity
public figure · legal name · celebrity · household name · historical figure