The "Shoku Nihongi" indicates that the Emperor extolled him for what he had done since the time of the previous emperor, he was granted the family name Oka no muraji and graciously permitted to share it with his siblings.
『続日本紀』には、先代からの行いを称され727年（神亀4年）に岡連の姓を賜り兄弟に伝えることを許された、とある。