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Funny enough, due to the way Roman religion worked, the names were often kept - at least in part! Romans loved having additional epithets for gods, in their specific roles or subaspects. Such as Mars Silvanus for Mars (the god of war) as god of the woods; or Mars Ultor for Mars as god of (righteous) vengeance.
As such, not only were the Romans content to let the Gallic locals honor Mars as Mars Lenus (the Celtic god of healing and war), but the Romans themselves would get in on it, making special offerings to Mars Lenus when they were in the province. After all, maybe Mars likes the sound of that name in those colder northern woods!
In addition, one of the standard formulaic phrases used during sacrifices in Roman religion was to list off the name(s) and epithets of the god being sacrificed to, and then capping it off with "Quocumque nomine" - "[or] by whichever name [you are called]"
Gotta cover all your bases!