How to Change Your Name for Siri: 15 Steps (with Pictures)

2025 Author: Jason Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:04

This wikiHow teaches you how to change the name Siri uses to call you on your iPhone or iPad, or Mac. This article is intended for English speaking devices.

Step

Method 1 of 2: iPhone or iPad

Step 1. Open the Contacts app

This app icon looks like a silhouetted address book.

Step 2. Touch +

It's in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Step 3. Enter the desired name

Step 4. Touch Done

Step 5. Touch the Home button to exit the Siri menu

Step 6. Open the Settings app

This app icon looks like a cog and is usually located on the homepage.

• If the app is not on the homepage, check the folder labeled Utilities.

Step 7. Swipe down and select Siri

This button is in the third set of options.

Step 8. Touch My Info

Step 9. Select your new name from the contact list

Siri will use the name of the selected contact card to call you.

Method 2 of 2: Mac

Step 1. Open the Contacts app

This app looks like an address book and is generally located in a dock at the bottom of the screen.

If there is no Contacts app in the dock, click the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the screen, enter “Contacts” in the search bar, and click Contacts on search results.

Step 2. Click the + button

It's in the lower-left corner of the Contacts window.

Step 3. Enter your first name and last name as you wish

Step 4. Click Done

Step 5. Click Card

This button is located in the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Step 6. Click Make this my card

This will change the name of your primary contact card. Siri, and other Mac apps that use your contact card, will use this name to identify you.