I figured out a way to do this but just forgot to post the solution to my own post.
You need to install the net-tools package i believe and use the command nameif. Basically you create a file /etc/mactab with the first column the name you want the interface and the second the mac address of said interface. then bring down all interfaces and run /sbin/nameif. Now just reconfigure your network scripts and you should be able to bring up your new interface names.
Here is my mactab
Code:
eth0 00:12:79:XX:XX:XX
wlan0 00:0E:35:XX:XX:XX
if you want this to happen on every boot, just modify /etc/init.d/networking, in the start section before the interfaces are brought up just add /sbin/nameif and you should be ok.
Ryan