I googled What does the name SIRI stand for. And found this article on the Forbes web site:
Adam Cheyer, Co-Founder of Siri As a startup, when coming up with Siri's name, we wanted something that was easy to remember, short to type, comfortable to pronounce, and a not-too-common human name. And we wanted to be able to get the domain name for not too much money... Once Siri became the leading candidate, everyone on the team had their own favorite explanation of the meaning. Dag Kittlaus, our Norwegian-American CEO, once considered using Siri as the name of his child and liked the Norse meaning "beautiful woman who leads you to victory." For me, Siri, which means "secret" in Swahili, was a tip of the hat to our pre-named days when we began as stealth-company.com<http://stealth-company.com/>. I also liked the fact that it was the reverse of Iris, a software system I helped build as part of the CALO project which Siri spun out of. Some liked the resemblance to SRI, which was the research institute that ran the CALO project. We knew about Siri = beauty in Sinhalese, but missed that SHIRI = "butt" in Japanese (they're not the same word, but closely pronounced...) And it was all a big surprise for the team that Apple<http://www.forbes.com/companies/apple/> decided to keep the original Siri name for its launch as part of iOS. There were other candidates that were leading, up until the final weeks... This question originally appeared<https://www.quora.com/Siri-software/How-did-Siri-get-its-name>on Quora<http://www.quora.com/>. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 On Feb 3, 2018, at 3:18 PM, Jewel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: There have been observations, from time to time, on this list, as to the IQ of Siri. I do find it annoying when I ask him a, relatively straightforward question such as "what is the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 10 metres , and instead of giving me the answer, he looked it up on the 'net which I then had to read: a few software updates ago, Siri would have ask me if I would like him to read it? It wasn't Siri who decided that he would, no longer, bother himself to read the contents of websites; Siri is only as good as his handlers and it was they who issued the current instructions and he has to follow them, much as it goes against the grain to do so! However, I still do find him to be a lot of fun and I am amazed at the things that he can answer, such as when I said to him: "Siri! May I call you Jack?" to which he replied: "No Jewel! you may not; I am comfortable with my identity!" Obviously, he has been programmed to make that reply should any jumped-up jockey suggest that he should be called anything but Siri. Speaking of which, I assume that it is an acronym! does anyone know what the individual letters represent? I think that I have heard what the words are but I have forgotten! something something reading something? Jewel -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. 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