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Jane Doe
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English
Noun
en idiomatic An unknown or anonymous female; the female equivalent of John Doe.
en Jane Roe
en John Doe Juanita Doe male equivalent Latina equivalent
en Elizabeth Wagmeister Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response 2024-12-14 In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20260106204323/https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response 6 January 2026
Translations
female name used in legal documents
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 張三, cmn 李四, cmn 王五
Finnish: fi N.N.
Italian: it Maria Rossi f
Japanese: ja 山田花子 Yamada Hanako
Korean: ko ^홍길동
Polish: pl Anna Kowalska f
Vietnamese: vi Nguyễn Thị B, vi Trần Thị B, vi Lê Thị B
any unknown or anonymous female person
Esperanto: eo Ajnulo, eo Sinjorino Ajnulo
German: de Erika Mustermann
Italian: it Maria Rossi
Malay: ms minah, ms Fulanah classical
Polish: pl Anna Kowalska f
See also
en Joe Average Joe Bloggs J. Random User Tom, Dick or Harry
Anagrams
en adeejno Daejeon
en placeholder terms
en People