I'm from Nigeria and we can be quite religious and that reflects on the names we get as children, it most times reflects what our parents want for us, want us or our lives to be. For instance my name is Ijeoma which means safe journey in igbo language - I'm guessing my parents wanted my sojourn on earth to be smooth , we have other names like chizoba meaning God should protect, Chigozie - God should bless ....we also have English names that also reflect similar things like blessing, peace, faith, Destiny, purity amongst other names. So I'll be saying yes in a way names do influence the person one turns out to be.