Don't shout Siri to loud. Simple minds will start to rail against the Apple.
What nationality is the name Siri?
Siri is a
Scandinavian female given name. It is a short form of Sigrid, of
Old Norse origin, and literally meaning "beautiful victory", from
Old Norse sigr (victory) and
Old Norse fríðr (beautiful).
https://www.quora.com/How-did-Siri-get-its-name
Adam Cheyer, Engineering Director at Apple
Updated Dec 20 2012 · Featured on
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Carlos Matias La Borde, web and native iOS and Android app developer
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. 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.
Simple minds cannot evolve.