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English
Etymology
Abbereviation of Latin nōmen nesciō (“I do not know the name”)
Proper noun
N.N.
- Used as a substitute for an unknown name or one that the writer wishes not to reveal.
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin nomen nescio (“I do not know the name”).
Noun
N.N.
- An anonymous person, or a person of unknown name; John Doe
1840, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Amalia Hillner, page 73:Såsom vår fader i lifstiden efter N.N. ärft N.N. egendom, hvilken han sedan sålt för 250,000 Rdr bko, […]- As our father in his lifetime after N.N. inherited N.N.'s property, which he subsequently sold for 250,000 Riksdaler banco,