Siri does a surprisingly good job at pronouncing names, but she isn't perfect. And neither are we. Sometimes, Siri has such a difficult time figuring out our thick accent that a name becomes unrecognizable, which is where an alternative name would come in handy. Luckily, Siri comes equipped with the ability to learn how to pronounce names and even give nicknames to contacts.

Teach Siri how to pronounce a name:

When Siri mispronounces a name, immediately tell her, "That's not how you say that".

Siri will ask you to pronounce the name and then offer you a choice of pronunciations.

As an alternative, you can give a contact a phonetic spelling to help Siri out. Simply pull up the contact in question in the Contacts app and tap the "Edit" button at the top of the screen to edit the contact's information. Scroll to the bottom and tap "Add Field". You can choose to add a "Phonetic First Name", "Phonetic Last Name" or "Phonetic Middle Name."

Did You Know: You can change Siri's voice to a man's voice.

Give yourself a nickname:

Having Siri call you by a different name is one of the easiest tasks you can perform with Siri. Simply tell her: "Call me..." followed by whatever nickname you want to use with Siri.

The neat part is Siri will update all shared contact lists on the account. So if you share a contact list with your spouse, your nickname will show up on their contact list.

Give someone else a nickname:

You can add a nickname to any contact by adding a nickname field. This is the same as adding the phonetic spellings: click the Edit button at the top of the contact, scroll down towards the bottom, and tap Add Field.

When you add a Nickname, you can refer to the person by their whole name or their nickname when using Siri to call or text them.

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