Quote Originally Posted by darkshadow View Post
What are you trying to say exactly? Most people indeed knew naruto was the host to the kyuubi, just not the people that weren't old enough to remember. They had to keep it a secret, so they gave naruto the name of his mom.
I believe the 3rd said that they gave him the name "Uzumaki" so that people would not associate him with the 4th (for whatever reason). But that logic fails if anyone knew who his wife was. There are not too many Uzumakis running around.