Siri: First Names With a Space Ignored

Originator:SlaunchaMan
Number:rdar://19386806 Date Originated:1/6/2015
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:iOS 8.1.2 [12B440]
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
If a person’s first name contains a space, e.g. “Mary Beth,” Siri will refer to that person as “Mary,” even though their legal first name is “Mary Beth.”

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure your Address Book entry on iOS such that your first name is “Mary Beth.”
2. Invoke Siri such that it says your name.

Expected Results:
Siri should refer to you as “Mary Beth.”

Actual Results:
Siri refers to you as “Mary.”

Version:
iOS 8.1.2 [12B440]

Notes:
Submitting this on behalf of my friend Mary Beth.

Configuration:
iPhone 6 64GB with Verizon

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