Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri has reportedly legally changed her name to Suri Noelle, dropping the Cruise surname. The move comes amid reports of her estrangement from her father and years after she began using Noelle publicly.
July 28, 2026 / 08:58 IST
Suri gained initial recognition in June 2024 after graduating from LaGuardia High School in New York.
- Suri Cruise changed her legal name to Suri Noelle.
- The change distances her from father Tom Cruise.
- She used "Suri Noelle" at her June 2024 graduation.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter, Suri, has reportedly taken a significant personal step by officially changing her legal name from Suri Cruise to Suri Noelle, further fuelling reports that she has distanced herself from her estranged father.
The 20-year-old has now legally dropped the surname "Cruise" and adopted "Noelle" as her last name. While the exact date of the legal change remains unclear, reports suggest she has been using the name publicly for some time.
Suri gained initial recognition in June 2024 after graduating from LaGuardia High School in New York. She opted to go by the name "Suri Noelle" on her graduation program instead of "Suri Cruise." This caused great interest in her life.
According to an insider, it was because she wanted to give praise to her mother, Katie Holmes, and that "Suri was giving praise to her mother by going by the name Noelle, which is her middle name."
The source further said that the then-teenager wanted to "avoid the paparazzi," establish her "own identity" and "start fresh at college."
According to Page Six, there is no record of Suri filing a legal name change request in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where she currently lives while attending college. This has led to speculation that the legal process may have been completed in New York before she relocated. Since Suri previously lived with Katie Holmes in New York, where legal name change requests are automatically sealed or may be sealed upon request, the exact timeline has not been made public.
Although it is not known when "Suri Noelle" officially became her legal name, the publication reported that she has been using it publicly for several years.
The first reports concerning the relations between Suri and her father after his divorce from Katie Holmes appeared in 2012.
According to People, the issue of insufficient contact between the actor and his daughter arose during the deposition in 2013 in relation to his defamation suit against Bauer Publishing. Cruise admitted that he hadn't seen his seven-and-a-half-year-old daughter in person for 100 days since the divorce took place.
It was also mentioned that the deposition concerned the issue of Scientology and its influence on the separation of the couple. When Holmes was asked whether she left her husband to "protect" her daughter from Scientology, Cruise answered, "I find that question offensive. There is no need to protect my daughter from my religion," but at the same time added: "That is one of the assertions."
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were among Hollywood's most closely followed couples. They married in November 2006 after welcoming their daughter, Suri, in April that year.
Their marriage came to an end in August 2012, and since then, Holmes has primarily raised Suri away from the spotlight. The reported legal name change now marks another chapter in Suri's journey as she continues to carve out an identity of her own.
M Snehanjali is a Sub Editor and journalist with over two years of experience covering general news and entertainment in digital newsroom.
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