A previous diary entry explains how I created a basic map legend for a map that I maintain that highlights various things common near me that tend not to get shown very well elsewhere - public footpaths, hiking trails, offices, that sort of thing. It struck me that a lot more things had names than almost any other map (other than OSM Bright) actually shows.

I therefore went through a process of looking to see what tags people used names with (it’s almost everything - here’s a named cattle grid), and what they used as the “naming tag” for various things (mostly “name”, obviously). The result is here:

although to get a better idea of things click here and zoom around.