Siri suddenly doesn't recognize most of my contacts

OK had same problem. Tried every solution, reset, Siri settings, network settings, etc. nothing. Even tried editing the contact pronunciation that didn't work

oh a hunch I tried something. I noticed lately something about the new update now is collecting data on contacts from multiple sources. When you search contacts you find multiples. So I checked them out. They say from email or whatever. You can then combine them with your main contact. Once I did this bam now everything worked again. So any contact that is not being recognized search your contacts and see if it shows more results than just the main one. Merge them. Hope that helps

Same problem and the last fix doesn't work. Seems it's all been said - a common name spoken to Siri in my contacts that I have used again and again to call a family member and Siri tells me that 1) The name is not in my contacts 2) Gives me a name or a list of names that may have the same last name but not the person I asked for... Frustrating, very frustrating. The only way I could solve it for my wife is to phonetically type in her name or in the case of my son or daughter tell Siri how they are related to me. Frustrating! Seems as though this happened with the last iOS upgrade of 9.3.1. Apple please fix this annoying software glitch. Thanks!

I've been beating my head against the wall with this until today when I stumbled upon a solution that worked for me.

Go into your Settings >Mail,Contacts,Calendar. Click "iCloud". Then turn off "Contacts". Turn contacts back and and let it resync with iCloud.

Siri works perfectly for me. I don't know what or what it did, but this was the last ditch effort that did the trick.

Good luck.

Jphayw,

You''ve got it!!! Solution solved and I hope it stays that way! Thanks so much - that was a turn around time in under an hour for me - I really appreciate that the fix and thanks again!

Brilliant Jphayw! That did the trick. Prior to reading your solution I had found a way to fix individual contacts but with over a thousand it would have taken some time. My fix was to edit a contact, delete one or two letters of the name, save, then edit to correct the name, and save again. That worked on a contact - by - contact basis to make Siri recognize that particular name, but your solution was a million times better! Thanks for sharing. By the way, this all started for me with 9.3.1. I wish Apple would notify people of the solution you posted.

Didn't work for me, but what DID work was turning off the Facebook Apps access to my contacts! Yay!

Great answer! It worked for me too