It is weird to hight this as feedback. Choosing very common names for a product intended for a global audience. How is that weird?
When you're writing English it just feels like the names flow better, that's all (like, avoiding stutter in a sentence, but with names). I don't think it would be fair to say we're just not honoring our roots
Also you could use "Joe" and "Pedro" instead. To me it seems even more global.