Suri Cruise, the 20-year-old daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has legally changed her surname to Noelle, effectively severing ties with her estranged father. Public records confirm Suri registered to vote in Pennsylvania under the name Suri Noelle in October 2024, during her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University.
Pennsylvania courts require residents to use their legal names for voter registration. While Suri did not file a name change request in Allegheny County, where she currently resides, it is suggested she may have completed the process in New York prior to her move to college. Name change requests in New York are either automatically sealed or can be sealed upon request. Suri previously lived with her mother, Katie Holmes, in New York.
Suri Noelle has reportedly been using the name publicly for several years. She first gained public attention for not using her father's surname in the program for her June 2024 high school graduation from LaGuardia High School. At the time, sources indicated that her use of Noelle, her mother's middle name, was a way to honor Holmes, establish her own identity, and avoid paparazzi as she began college.
Cruise, who turned 20 in April 2026, is studying musical theater at Carnegie Mellon. She recently appeared in a staged reading of "Cosmic Microwave Background" and is set to star in "Midsummer!", a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which will debut at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes welcomed Suri in April 2006 and married seven months later. The couple divorced in August 2012, after which Suri primarily resided with Holmes. Holmes has spoken about their close relationship, stating they "kind of grew up together."