As a culture or Allah's teachings
I am afraid that portion of the young converts specially the ones who were born in the west take Islam as a culture instead of Allah's teaching, notice that they start wearing the same clothing as the culture within the Muslim society that surrounds them, this is just one example. The fact is, Islam is Allah's teachings for all kind of humans, cultures, different type of clothing, and all kind of names, only those that contradict Allah teachings are not permitted everything else is good and the new Muslim is better stays as much as he/she can before Islam when it comes to clothing, names, behavior "except what contradict Islam" i.e. woman and man to wear moderate clothes that cover their bodies but not particular type, keep your name i.e. if it does not contradict Islam such as John, Peter, Samantha, keep them and keep your family name, basically, don't shock your family and friends as if you have converted to a cult, Islam in fact does not approve that. Trust me, you will have a happy life having both Islam and what is good in the society where you were brought up.