Overview
- Public records show the 20-year-old is registered to vote in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania under the name Suri Noelle, which reporters treat as evidence the change is legal.
- Multiple outlets report the name change likely occurred in 2024 while she was a freshman at Carnegie Mellon, and the name Noelle is Katie Holmes’s middle name and has appeared in earlier public uses.
- Insiders quoted by Page Six and other outlets say Katie Holmes supports Suri’s decision and that the choice evolved over time rather than being prompted by Holmes.
- A Cruise insider told a Substack writer that Tom Cruise’s reaction has been largely muted and that he has not actively tried to reverse the change, and no public statements have come from Suri, Holmes, or Cruise.
- The move comes as Suri begins work in university theatre and fits a broader pattern of celebrity children dropping paternal surnames; Pennsylvania voter rules require use of a legal name and New York filings can sometimes be sealed, which helps explain gaps in local court records.