What about
Alexei? I feel like
Alexei would translate to
Alistair a bit more easily, especially because he would often have been called
Alyosha rather than
Sasha.
Alyosha -
Alistair... but either way, maybe he chose
Alistair because he heard it somewhere and liked it.
ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं
"Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little."
"Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest."