разг. неизвестно кто; какой-либо человек (нарицательное имя-экземплификант, используемое в качестве обозначения неизвестной, анонимной или произвольной личности)
köken: Learned borrowing from Katharevousa ἀποχωρητήριον (apochoritírion) (first attested in 1888), from the past stem αποχωρη- (apochori-) of αποχωρώ (apochoró, “to withdraw, pull out”) + -τήριο (-tírio, “place suffix”).
köken: From an earlier нуждникъ (nuždnik), formed via нужда (need) or нужда́я се (nuždája se, “to need”) + -ник (-nik). Literally, "needful, wanted place". In Bulgarian the word нужда is still used in two colloquial expression: малка нужда meaning urination and голяма нужда meaning defecation.
a male given name, equivalent to English John or Spanish Juan
çekim: çoğul xans
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese Joan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).
John Doe (fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person)
köken: Borrowed from Spanish Juan de la Cruz (“John of the Cross”). Its use as a placeholder name and as the personification of the Filipino people alludes to dela Cruz being the most common Filipino surname.