Suri Cruise, the 20-year-old daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has legally changed her name to Suri Noelle, adopting her mother's middle name as her surname. The change was noted in voter registration records in Pennsylvania, where Suri attends Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Residents are required to use their legal names for voter registration.
The decision to change her name to Suri Noelle reflects a significant estrangement from her father, which sources say has lasted for years following Cruise and Holmes's 2012 divorce and Holmes's departure from Scientology. While the exact date of the legal name change is not specified, Suri has reportedly been using "Noelle" publicly for several years, including on the casting sheet for her high school play and for her high school graduation in June 2024.
Cruise, 64, and Holmes, 47, divorced in 2012, with Holmes retaining sole custody of Suri. Reports indicate that Suri has had no relationship with her father since 2013. A source close to the family has stated that Cruise "does not exist to her" and that Suri does not wish to have any contact with him.
Suri's name change follows a pattern seen with other celebrity children, such as those of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who have also reportedly sought to distance themselves from their famous fathers amid estrangement.
After graduating high school, Suri began her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon in August 2024. Holmes expressed pride in her daughter's new beginning, telling Town & Country in 2024, "I'm proud of my daughter. Of course, I will miss the close proximity, but I'm really proud of her and I'm happy."
Tom Cruise has two other adult children, Isabella and Connor, whom he adopted during his marriage to Nicole Kidman. The last public photographs of Cruise with Suri were from a 2012 trip to Disneyland.