Key:old_name

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Description
Old / previous / historic name for an element. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: names
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination

name=*

See also
Status: de facto
Main article: Names

The tag old_name=* is used for old / previous / historic name(s) for an element.

The tag should typically be combined with the current name=*.

For correct historic context of old names, the key may be suffixed with the date namespace. Example:

old_name:1921-1932=* (the name from 1921 until 1932)

If the start date of the name is the same as the start date of the feature/object, this can be clarified by instead using:

start_date=1921 (feature/object exists since 1921)
old_name:-1932=* (the name from the beginning until 1932)

The key can also be combined with the language suffix old_name:xx=* with xx being the ISO code of the language. See: Multilingual names. Example:

old_name:en=Constantinople

When combined, the language code comes before the date range:

old_name:ru:1925-1961=Сталинград

or

old_name:uk:1918-1926=Січеслав

It should be considered that historical objects of which there are no visible traces left do not belong into the OSM database.

was:name=* is also used, however in this discussion, most of the OSM community would prefer this key over the other.

Values

The general rules as for name=* apply.

Date ranges

The date ranges should follow the ISO 8601 date format.

When only ranges of years are specified (no month or other details), a single hyphen may be used, such as "old_name:1953-1990 = Ernst-Thälmann-Straße".

When full dates are specified or the simple notation is not sufficient, a double hyphen ("--") can separate the from and to date - e.g. "amenity:1965--1971-12-18 = school".

See also

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