Gender-neutral “Jane Doe” / “John Doe”

Is there a gender-neutral alternative to “Jane Doe” / “John Doe”?

I would like to provide an example of signed form, but how to avoid using gender when it comes to names? Is there some widely-used idiom for this?

Answer

A. N. Other

Proper noun
(British) A formulaic name that is substituted for that of a person whose name or identity is not known, or not relevant; typically used when exhibiting an example.
wiktionary.org

Here is an example copied from freshdesk.com :

A.N. Other

And a similar definition from macmillan :

a member of a sports team who has not been chosen yet, so that you cannot give their real name in a list of players

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