See thread on African-American naming practices. Forget the number, but looking for posts by Azizi should find it.

Just saw in BBC Music (October) that the baritone, Jonathan Lemalu, abandoned his first name, Fa'afetai, so that "I didn't get teased at school and, therefore, didn't have to beat anyone up." (He is built like an NFL lineman)

The old Spanish name for girls mentioned in that other thread, "Imaculata Concepcion."
Born-again Christians are always talking about Jesus; why don't they follow Spanish practice and use that name?