Eli5 How the name “John/Jane Doe got associated with unidentified bodies?

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Eli5 How the name “John/Jane Doe got associated with unidentified bodies?

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I always understood D.O.E to mean “dead on entry” marked on unidentified corpses in hospital. Males are known as John Doe and females as Jane Doe until identified.

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