Sound-out:
艾 (ài) → 'Al-/A-' (the long English 'ay/al'),
丽 (lì) → '-li-,'
森 (sēn) → '-son.' The
丽 ('beautiful') gives it a feminine flavor — character-choice in transliteration often signals gender, and
丽/
娜/
莎/
娅/
婷 cluster around female names. The standard mainland alternate is
艾莉森.
