Fulano

Meaning

Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so

Concepts

John Doe

you-know-who

Jane Doe

Joe Bloggs

John Smith

scuzzball

John Doo

Jane Doo

the man on the Clapham omnibus

the man in the street

Fred Bloggs

Synonyms

fulano

zutano

mengano

gentualla

Mengano

Zutano

Quien-uste-sabe

Mengano y Zutano

Translations

Fulano

Tartempion

Otto Normalverbraucher

تَعْرِفُونَ مَن

تَعْرِفِينَ مَن

تَعْرِفَانِ مَن

تَعْرِفْنَ مَن

Einguss

Erika Mustermann

Soundso

Lieschen Müller

Max Mustermann

du-weißt-schon-wer

Dummkopf

Hyphenated as

Fu‧la‧no

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fuˈlano/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: فُلَان

Cognate with Hebrew: פלוני

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלני.