How Apple's Siri got her name

[snopes]

Curious about the etymological origins of the iPhone 4S virtual assistant's handle? Look to Norway.

http://news.yahoo.com/apples-siri-go...132300904.html

[Troberg]

While I must admit that my Norwegian is a bit rusty, I'm pretty sure the Siri does not mean "Beautiful woman who leads you to victory". Norwegiean (or any of the Scandinavian languages) simply isn't so compact, unlike the languages spoken on the planets of Betelgeuse.

[kanazawa]

Everyone knows it means "butt" in Japanese:

http://www.investorplace.com/2011/10...i-japan-shiri/

[Nick Theodorakis]

According to Behind the Name, Siri is a diminutive of Sigrid.

SIGRID
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Scandinavian, Finnish
Meaning & History
From the Old Norse name Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, fair".

http://www.behindthename.com/name/sigrid
http://www.behindthename.com/name/siri

And apparantly "Sigríðr" is still very popular in Iceland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigr%C3%AD%C3%B0ur

Nick