Standard transliteration of Alessandro (Italian) or Alejandro (Spanish/Latin American), both of which surface as 'A-le-san-dro' to a Mandarin ear.
亚 (yà) = 'A-',
利 (lì) = '-le-',
桑 (sāng) = '-san-',
德 (dé) = '-d-',
罗 (luó) = '-ro'. The most famous bearer in Chinese-speaking media is Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu (《
荒野猎人》 / The Revenant).
