Katie Holmes' daughter Suri legally drops Cruise last name
Suri Cruise, the 20-year-old daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, has legally dropped her father's surname and now goes by Suri Noelle, Page Six reports. Pennsylvania voter records list her under the new name, confirming the change after years of estrangement from her dad.
Key Takeaways
- Suri legally changed her last name from Cruise to Noelle, her mother Katie Holmes' middle name.
- She registered to vote in Pennsylvania in October 2024 as Suri Noelle while attending Carnegie Mellon.
- She has publicly used Noelle for years and skipped Cruise on her June 2024 high school graduation pamphlet.
- Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have not commented; reps did not respond to Page Six.
- Suri remains estranged from her father and lives with a close bond to her mother.
What did Suri change her name to?
According to Page Six, Suri dropped Cruise and adopted Noelle as her legal last name. Noelle is Katie Holmes' middle name.
Public records show she registered to vote in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in October 2024 during her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University. She used Suri Noelle on that registration.
Pennsylvania courts told Page Six that residents must register to vote under their legal name, supporting that Suri Noelle is official.
Why does this matter for Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise?
The change underscores a long-running family split that has defined Suri's public story since childhood. Page Six notes Tom Cruise, 64, a devout Scientologist, has not had a relationship with his youngest child for most of her life.
Katie Holmes, 47, and Cruise welcomed Suri in April 2006 and married seven months later. After their August 2012 divorce, Suri stayed with Holmes, who has said they "kind of grew up together."
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When did Suri start using Noelle publicly?
She has used Noelle in public for years, though the exact date of the legal switch is unclear. Page Six said she did not file a name-change request in Allegheny County, suggesting she may have done so in New York before college.
She previously lived with Holmes in New York, where name-change requests are sealed automatically or upon request. At her June 2024 LaGuardia High School graduation, the ceremony pamphlet listed Noelle instead of Cruise.
A source told Page Six she was "showing praise for her mother," wanted to "avoid the paparazzi," establish her "own identity," and "start fresh at college."
What is Suri doing now?
She is studying musical theater in Carnegie Mellon's school of drama. In high school she played Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family: A New Musical."
In March, she portrayed Angel in "Cosmic Microwave Background" at Pittsburgh's New Hazlett Theater. Later this week she stars in "Midsummer!," a modern take on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with fellow CMU students in Pittsburgh. The show is also set for the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Reps for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes did not immediately respond to Page Six's requests for comment.