What name is given to unidentified dead bodies?

Question

i have heard rumors of unknown bodies being named as john smith or john brown, what are they actually called?

Answer 1

  John or jane Doe.

Answer 2

Males are John Doe, Females are Jane Doe.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Jane Doe is typically the name given by hospitals to unconscious patients.

The same goes for unidentified people who have passed away.

Does this help?

Answer 5

Usually they're named "John/Jane Doe" with their case number following it. There are, however, unidentified men/women with a different surname following Doe. This usually happens because people in the community feel bad and don't want to have just "another" John/Jane Doe.

I've heard of a unidentified baby christianed "Precious Doe", and also a girl named "Princess Doe". Also, they might be given another first name starting with a "J", such as James or Judy.

Answer 6

In America it's John or Jane Doe. A number is also assigned. If the body remains unclaimed it's eventually buried or cremated.

In Los Angeles County unclaimed bodies are cremated and their ashes buried in a common grave every year. The grave is marked with the year they were interred and number of each John or Jane Doe buried in that particular plot.