Namesake achievement

This is a proposal made on 2023-12-13. Please leave comments and suggestions on Talk:Namesake achievement, indicating your thoughts on the proposal, including:

• Support - you think this proposal should be added with zero or minor changes
• Do not oppose - you think it's boring/meh/not for you, but it wouldn't harm to have it created
• Oppose - you have a specific reason as to why this ribbon should not exist (state this reasoning in your comment)
• Needs work - you think the achievement should be created after more significant changes have been made

See Proposed achievements for more information on this process.

This proposed achievement can be claimed when you successfully reach a set of coordinates in a location which shares the same name as yourself and provide the necessary proof. 'Your name' can be any of the following:

• Your first name
• Your surname
• Any middle name you may have
• Your username
• Any nicknames you are legitimately referred to as

This shared name can be any part of the point, such as a street name (John Street), a specific location (John F. Kennedy International Airport), or a village/town/city name (John o'Groats). The achievement would also be considered valid if the name is part of a compound word (Johnstone, for example).

Be as creative as you wish! Translations of names could count (Hans could claim John Street, Jacob could claim Israel) and names such as Amerigo would be able to claim anywhere within the entirety of the Americas. As long as you can justify your claim in a meaningful way, the achievement is considered valid.

Proof consists simply of an explanation of which part of the area is the shared name ("My surname is Smith, and the point was on Smith Street"). Identification is not required to prove that the name is your own. We run on an honour system here, and we rely on you following this.

If you are using your username, your account must be older than the time at which the geohash point was announced; creating an account with a matching name after the point has already been announced is cheating! If you change your legal name in the future, you do not lose the right to any previously claimed Namesake achievements. It is up to you whether you choose to remove these from your profile. If you are referred to by a name that differs from your legal name, you are able to use this for this achievement. If you get married or legally change your name specifically for this achievement, you certainly deserve to claim it.

Past Occurrences

The achievement was inspired by Fippe (jokingly) asking if Yosef reaching a point near to Beit Yosef counted as a Couch Potato Geohash. - 2023-12-12 32 35
Feel free to add other potential past occurrences below!