http://9to5mac.com/2011/11/10/meet-dag-kittlaus-the-guy-who-mad
"Siri in Norwegian means "beautiful victorious counselor". Urban legend has
it that Kittlaus named the Siri app after the famous Norwegian meteorologist
and business woman Siri Kalvig, with whom he had worked during his tenure
at Telenor, a Norwegian telecommunications company."