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Is there any logical and canonical reason to why Naruto used his mother's
family name, Uzumaki, instead of his father's family name?


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Why does Naruto use his mother's family name?


According to the [Naruto Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki):

> Suddenly orphaned, Naruto was left to grow up knowing nothing of his
> parents, receiving only his mother's last name as Hiruzen believed it was
> best that nobody knew that he was related to the Fourth Hokage.


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The reason why Naruto has his mother's last name is because if people found
out Naruto was the son of the fourth Hokage, he would have been in danger.
This was actually explained to Naruto by Minato Namikaze the fourth Hokage
himself in episode 168 of Naruto Shippuden. Naruto got to punch his dad in the
stomach which was very funny even if he was mad at him.


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The three main reasons for Hiruzen giving Naruto his mother's surname Uzumaki
were to protect the village, Naruto, and the kyuubi.

Like the other posts stated, giving him the name Namikaze will make him a
target for his father's enemies.

But there is more to Uzumaki name than just that. Hiruzen understood that the
mysterious masked man (Tobi) didn't attack Minato Namikaze. What Tobi did was
attack the kyuubi. And a fashionable trend seemed to be having the jinchuuriki
as the Kage's son, for example Gaara was a jinchuuriki and his father was the
Kazekage. So by giving Naruto the Uzumaki surname, this made Naruto + the
kyuubi safer from anyone after the kyuubi.

Hiruzen also made sure to conceal the information about Naruto altogether, as
shinobi that knew about the attack (on the kyuubi) were not allowed to talk
about it (hence many people not knowing Naruto is Minato's son).

**My extra 2 cents :** This all ties well with Naruto's personality, as the
Uzumaki nature (brash personality, powered by will and conviction) better
suits the main character of a shounen compared to the Namikaze depiction
(Genius, excels at everything). Maybe I give Kishimoto too much credit, but I
feel like he had this all planned out (with Naruto being the son of the
fourth, yet having his mother's name and personality).


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Well according to me I think Naruto Uzumaki uses his mother's last name cause
it was a reputed clan, however there was nothing about his father's clan in
the scenario. though Minato Namikaze was the fourth hokage still there was no
details about his family in the whole manga series.


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I think a child's last name depends on what clan it has been born in. Naruto
**Uzumaki** therefore show that he's a **Uzumaki** clan member. Just like
Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto's mom. The preference of Uzumaki over Yamikaze is
probably because the Minato and Kushina wanted to make Naruto less
recognisable in public, as he is the 9 tail Jinchūriki and will be on the
hitlist of many groups and organizations such as the Akatsuki.

  * Sasuke **Uchiha** comes from the **Uchiha** clan. 
  * Hinata **Hyuga** comes from the **Hyuga** clan and so on.


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Hiruzen(the third Hokage) Decided to put Naruto's Surname as Uzumaki because
the Uzumaki was a clan which has Split after the village was destroyed,which
meant that Most of the Uzumakis were refugees, which meant that it would be
harder to confirm that Naruto was Minato's child(although he has yellow hair
instead of the trademark red hair of the Uzumaki's), Secondly, the Namikaze
from what I see on the wiki was a clan that was located in konohakagure,and
Minato was the only famous Namikaze(once again,Wikipedia.),so If Naruto was
given Namikaze, it would be easier for Anyone hunting for the Kyuubi or
getting revenge to Find Naruto and Kill/hold him hostage, which would put the
village in jeopardy.Thirdly, Hiruzen wanted to give Naruto a normal life(which
he failed because of mizuki =_=).


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I feel like Naruto was given Uzumaki was because of these reasons:

  1. Hiruzen just didn't want another attack on Konohagakure involving Naruto.
  2. The main character would be killed/taken hostage by groups (Akasutki, etc.)
  3. Naruto would be constantly on the run (making the story intense yet boring)
  4. Naruto wouldn't have met all the characters besides Akatsuki members (when Masashi Kishimoto made them)


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I agree with Demietra95. It is a custom in Japan for prestigious families to
have more "weight" when it comes to last names (E.g. A samurai family is given
preference over non-samurai ones), so it would be natural for the Uzumaki clan
to be given priority over the Namikaze clan.


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