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I've been pondering this question because Shikamaru's name is from his dad's
(Shikaku), Ino's name is from her dad's also (Inoichi); Shino is from Shibi
and Choji is from Choza. Okay, maybe not all of the characters' names are from
their dad's, but I'm just wondering. :D TIA


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Why is Naruto's name Naruto?


Naruto's father was Namikaze Minato, who had been Jiraiya's pupil.  
As we know, Jiraiya wrote, and the main character of his first book was named
Naruto.

> Because he enjoyed the book so much, Minato chose to name his then-unborn
> son after the character of Naruto in the story, in the hopes that his son
> would too grow up to be just like the protagonist. Even though Naruto was
> not aware of this until sixteen years after his birth, he nevertheless is
> just like the protagonist.

From [Naruto
Wikia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Utterly_Gutsy_Shinobi).

**So Naruto got his name from a character Jiraiya created in one of his
books.**


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As you may know, [Jiraiya](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jiraiya) was an
author, as well as the teacher of Minato, Naruto's father.

His first book, [The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy
Shinobi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Utterly_Gutsy_Shinobi)
featured a protagonist who held the ideals of Jiraiya and was called - Naruto
(possibly named so after the food).

Minato liked the book very much and decided to name his son after this
character.


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In addition to the accepted answer, which is correct.. Jiraiya got the name
'Naruto' for that character while he was eating ramen. One of ramen's toppings
is called 'narutomaki', and that's where Jiraiya got that character's name,
'Naruto'.


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I think Kishimoto gave naruto his name because it fit the theme of his
mother's maiden village: the village hidden in whirlpools. Since Naruto
roughly translates from Japanese to mean maelstrom or whirlpool, it is very
likely Kishimoto bequeathed the protagonist name to be this since he already
had his mother's last name, uzumaki, which means spirals or whirlpools.


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Nagato was one of Jirayaya's students. Nagato inspired the hero of the story,
and so the character was named Naruto, after him. Naruto's father then named
his son after the character of the story.


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