A "placeholder name" is a temporary or generic name used to represent something or someone when their actual name is not known or does not matter. It is like using a temporary label until the real name is discovered or provided.
Sentences with «placeholder name»
If you decide to leave the hospital without naming your baby, the state may automatically give the child a legal placeholder name, such as «baby boy.» (howtoadult.com)
FlyToo is a temporary placeholder name by parent company Enerjet. (moneysense.ca)
Since then, Lane and team have continued to discover more Borrelia species in California's coastal range, including B. miyamotoi, the cause of a relapsing fever; B. californiensis; and «Borrelia genomospecies II,» a placeholder name until the species is fully described. (discovermagazine.com)