John Doe

John Doe (plural John Does)

1. A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.
2. (idiomatic) Any unknown or anonymous male person.
   • 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 4:

     i.e. "to Tom, Dick or Harry:" the names like John Doe and Richard Roe are used indefinitely in Arab.

• Richard Roe

• Jane Doe (an unknown female)
• Jane Roe (an unknown female)

• Juan Doe (an unknown Latino)

• Juanita Doe
• Juan Doe
• Jane Doe

• so-and-so, what's-his-name, you-know-who