Was naming him uzumaki instead of namikaze really worth it?

[ninjarasengan]

When Kushina came into the village, her name wasn't a well respected and famous name.
At that time, Uzumaki were no more famous, they hid succesfully.
Nowadays, nobody knows about the Uzumaki clan, they only remember Senju Hashirama, and they forgot Mito (who was probably kept hidden because she was a Jinchuriki, explaining why nobody remember her, they didn't know her existence) and Kushina.
Kushina was hidden because she was a Jinchuriki, and then she was hidden because she was pregnant, that may explain why nobody remember Kushina Uzumaki as a boss.

Before the villages, ninjas kept their names as secret as possible, look at Madara and Hashirama relationship.
To make a village, the leaders had to reveal their names so that the ninja village would be known as the alliance of Senju, Uchiha, Sarutobi...
After Tobirama and Hashirama, the Senju clan was famous around the world.
That may be why Tsunade has kept her name hidden (and maybe Jiraiya too, Orochimaru too?).
That may also be why Hiruzen decided to name the kid Naruto Uzumaki, that may be why Hiruzen decided to name Minato "Namikaze" and not the name of his "famous" father (Minato is the only one in the manga with that name, the Namikaze clan is made of: Minato).
Kushina was Yin and had no affinty with Yang, Naruto was said to have Senju genes, what if it is Minato who has the Senju (Yang) genes?

Hiruzen's generation had fun naming the children with unfamous names.

and yet, this happened

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though, pretty sure Kushina was brought to Konoha sometime before her clan was destroyed.

 

[davidou]

and yet, this happened

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though, pretty sure Kushina was brought to Konoha sometime before her clan was destroyed.

Well informed ninjas kidnapped her...

 

[ninjarasengan]

Well informed ninjas kidnapped her...

But, aren't those the ninja Sarutobi should've been worried about hiding Naruto's lineage from?

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Yet, Naruto was named Uzumaki (Blonde Uzumaki with Blue eyes)...did Hiruzen even name Naruto in the first place?

 

[davidou]

But, aren't those the ninja Sarutobi should've been worried about hiding Naruto's lineage from?

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Yet, Naruto was named Uzumaki (Blonde Uzumaki with Blue eyes)...did Hiruzen even name Naruto in the first place?

The fact is that this clan was very well known (and feared) in Hashirama's time, and nowadays only those who studied History (like Orochimaru, the kages, the elders, the very well informed ninjas) know them.
Namikaze was more famous than Uzumaki when Naruto was born.