There's also the method used in the Linux kernel to embed the list information (struct list_head) within the type specific struct.
https://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/LinkedLists
INIT_LIST_HEAD is of form VERB_NOUN so is called from within a function to programatically initialise the list.
LIST_HEAD_INIT is NOUN_VERB and is used within a structure initialiser not from a function.
But my main point was to show the "embed the list in the data" approach rather than "embed the data in the list" or "point to the data from the list" and not to discuss the naming details in the kernel implementation of the concept.
See https://github.com/rustyrussell/ccan/blob/master/ccan/list/_...
Disclaimer: I haven’t looked at this author’s code, just pointing out that list nodes that consist of (head, tail) are a common pattern with a clear rationale.
The intrusive, mutable, doubly-linked loops with reference semantics under discussion are quite different. Although all entries behave identically in the structure itself, one of them is _used_ differently, as a standalone anchor point, while the others are embedded in the list's "elements".