John Doe

John Doe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Tagalog and Arabic

Synonyms of John Doe

• John Smith
• Richard Roe

Forms of John Doe

Origin of John Doe

Books that documented and taught the legal profession in England were using the names John Smith, John Doe, Richard Roe, and others as generic placeholder names (for roles, such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, etc) by the mid-seventeenth century (perhaps earlier). Compare also Tommy Atkins. Though the rationale behind the choices of Doe and Roe is unknown, there are many suggested folk etymologies. Other fictitious names for a person involved in litigation in medieval English law were "John Noakes" (or "Nokes") and "John-a-Stiles" (or "John Stiles"). The Oxford English Dictionary states that John Doe is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete in the UK) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Richard Roe".

Related words

• average joe
• everyman
• Joe Average
• Joe Bloggs
• Joe Blow
• Joe Doakes
• Joe Public
• Joe Q. Law
• Joe Schmoe
• John Q. Law
• John Q. Public
• J. Random User
• man on the street
• Yamada Tarō
• so-and-so
• what's-his-name
• you-know-who

Questions about John Doe

What does John Doe mean?

John Doe means a fictitious name used chiefly in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous, usually male, person.

What is John Doe in Tamil?

John Doe in Tamil is மருத்துவமணையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும், இவைகளையும் காணவும். See John Doe meaning in Tamil.

What part of speech is John Doe?

John Doe can be a proper noun or a noun.