Cinema VinesSuri Cruise, the 20‑year‑old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has formally dropped her father’s surname and now goes by Suri Noelle, according to public records and media reports. The name change appears to have taken place before she left New York for college, as she registered to vote in Pennsylvania in October 2024 under the name Suri Noelle and has been using it publicly for several years.
The decision to abandon the Cruise name first drew attention when Suri omitted it from the ceremony pamphlet for her graduation from LaGuardia High School in June 2024. A source told Page Six that she was “showing praise for her mother” by using her mother’s middle name, Noelle Holmes, and that she wanted to avoid the paparazzi, establish her own identity and “start fresh at college.”
Legal documents suggest the name change was likely processed in New York, where name‑change requests are automatically sealed or can be sealed upon request. While she did not file a formal request in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where she now lives, the use of Suri Noelle on her voter registration indicates the change is legally recognized.
Suri’s relationship with her father has been strained since the couple’s divorce in August 2012. In a 2013 deposition related to a lawsuit against Bauer Publishing, Tom Cruise admitted he had not seen Suri for over 100 days when she was seven and a half years old. He also revealed that Suri had stopped practicing Scientology, a religion he has been a devout follower of.
Tom Cruise’s brief marriage to Katie Holmes in 2006 produced Suri, and after their August 2012 divorce, the young actress remained with her mother. Holmes has described their upbringing as a shared experience, and Suri is the only biological child of the Hollywood star, who also adopted his older half‑siblings Isabella and Connor Cruise from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.
By legally changing her last name to Noelle, Suri Cruise signals a desire to forge her own path separate from the high‑profile legacy of her father, while also aligning herself more closely with her mother’s family name.
