I might be more inclined to transferspreadsheet into a table by appending. Then run append query to transfer from that to a "fixed" table so that you can avoid the usual issues of not getting the correct data types in a transfer from Excel. Then you'd be able to append from a field whose name you don't like to the name you do like in the 2nd table. Often the transfer gives you text for numbers, dates and such, but appending numbers that are really text to a field that has the correct data type is a common approach.
The more we hear silence, the more we begin to think about our value in this universe.
Paraphrase of Professor Brian Cox.