Phonetic transliteration:
艾 ài ("I"/"A"),
黎 lí ("-li-"),
丝 sī ("-s"). The character
丝 ("silk") is a very common ending for feminine foreign names because of its soft -s sound. Compare more standard renderings:
爱丽丝 /
艾丽丝 (Alice),
艾里斯 /
艾丽丝 (Iris).
艾黎丝 is the variant chosen here.
