Faces Duplicate file deletion

I am migrating from iPhoto to Aperture 3 & will be using a Referenced Library.
I notice in my finder directory of photo's that I have 1000's of duplicate images mainly having extended file names like:
__,__, Joy & ___face5.jpg
__,__, Joy & ___face5 (3).jpg
__,__, Joy & ___face4.jpg
that were created by iPhoto.
If I delete these files containing the word "face" in finder BEFORE importing to a new library will my new library recognise the Face without re-creating new face references?
Any other tips on cleaning up my Finder tree of photo's before creating my library would be great
Thanks

The duplicates you are asking about are thumbnails to be used in the Faces View. Aperture will not import these thumbnails if you import your iPhoto Library properly from Aperture. There is no need to weed out and corrupt your iPhoto Library before you import the images to Aperture. It is better to keep the iPhoto Library in working conditition until all images are safely imported to Aperture. Otherwise you will not be able to use the iPhoto Browser from Aperture.
It seems to me that you want to give up iPhoto entirely, but to reference the iPhoto images from Aperture inside the iPhoto Library? If you do not need iPhoto any longer, it would be safer and cleaner to relocate the masters to a folder outside iPhoto after the import to Aperture.
I'd suggest to import your iPhoto Library to Aperture like this:
Back up your iPhoto Library, if you do not have a working backup
In Aperture select
       File -> Import -> iPhoto Library      if you want to import the entire library
or
      File -> Import -> Show iPhoto Browser          if you only want to import a part of your library
then relocate the master files to a folder outside iPhoto: select the newly imported iPhoto images and do
     File -> relocate masters
Now you should have all your iPhoto images safely stored as referenced masters in a folder of your choice, and you can delete your iPhoto Library, after you convinced yourself that all is well.

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