Editing Jane (section)

== In culture and idiom ==

The name Jane appears in several common English expressions. ''[[Plain Jane]]'' is a colloquial phrase used to describe someone or something considered unremarkable in appearance, reflecting a cultural association of the name with ordinariness — though this usage is widely considered dismissive.<ref>Quinion, Michael (2004). ''Port Out, Starboard Home''. Penguin Books.</ref>

''[[Jane Doe]]'' is the standard [[United States|American]] placeholder name for an unidentified or anonymous female, used extensively in legal and medical contexts, paralleling the masculine ''[[John Doe]]''. The equivalent in [[England]] and [[Wales]] is traditionally ''Jane Smith.''

The character of [[Tarzan]]'s companion, named Jane Porter in [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' original novels (1912), has made "Jane" broadly recognisable in global popular culture as a byword for the female counterpart to any archetypal male figure.