{"id":254241,"date":"2026-07-28T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/suri-legally-ditches-tom-cruises-last-name-whats-her-new-surname\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:30:14","slug":"suri-legally-ditches-tom-cruises-last-name-whats-her-new-surname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/suri-legally-ditches-tom-cruises-last-name-whats-her-new-surname\/","title":{"rendered":"Suri Legally Ditches Tom Cruise&#8217;s Last Name: What&#8217;s Her New Surname?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over a dozen years later, Katie Holmes has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/katie-holmes-spotted-new-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thoroughly moved on<\/a> from the Tom Cruise chapter of her life.<\/p>\n<p>So has her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing the pattern of celebrity kids reaching adulthood and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/brad-pitt-resents-childrens-name-changes-blames-angelina-jolie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ditching the surnames of their dads<\/a> who were really hot in the early 1990s, Suri has a new <em>legal<\/em> name.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no \u201cCruise\u201d in sight. And, interestingly, no \u201cHolmes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Cruise in April 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-559920 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_tomcruise_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tom Cruise promotes the upcoming film \u201cDigger\u201d on April 14, 2026.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Gabe Ginsberg\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-official\">It\u2019s official!<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/27\/parents\/suri-cruise-legally-severs-ties-with-estranged-dad-tom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a><\/em> reports that Suri registered to vote during her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this very standard activity \u2014 particularly for an election year (Suri was a freshman in autumn 2024) \u2014 remarkable is that voter registrations must be under one\u2019s legal name.<\/p>\n<p>She is registered to vote as \u201cSuri Noelle.\u201d That is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/06\/suri-cruise-drops-last-name-cuts-ties-with-famous-awful-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">same name<\/a> that she used in a pamphlet at the end of high school.<\/p>\n<p>Registering to vote like this can only mean that Suri has changed her legal name.<\/p>\n<p>Ditching the \u201cCruise\u201d surname makes sense. Notably, she has done this very quietly while leading a relatively normal life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW <\/p>\n<p>Suri, Katie Holmes\u2019s daughter, who was abandoned by her biological father, Tom Cruise, legally dropped the last name \u201cCruise\u201d at some point, per a new report from Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>Suri Noelle is the name she used to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Good for her.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder: Tom Cruise\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jOkY988VU0\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jOkY988VU0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yashar\/status\/2081858558312988701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The report mentions that Suri did not file for her name change in Allegheny County.<\/p>\n<p>From that, most conclude that she likely sought her name change in New York \u2014 before she left for college.<\/p>\n<p>Having a legal name change carries many advantages. <\/p>\n<p>Only one of which is not having to explain to multiple professors, resident advisors, and more why you\u2019d prefer to not have your former name read aloud to a room full of your peers and potential friends.<\/p>\n<p>That has broad applications even if your former surname wasn\u2019t \u201cCruise.\u201d It was smart of Suri to seek this change beforehand \u2014 <em>possibly <\/em>right after she turned 18.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"pu8aSomLohc\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pu8aSomLohc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Suri Cruise to star in iconic Shakespeare play as college major is revealed\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pu8aSomLohc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Suri Cruise to star in iconic Shakespeare play as college major is revealed\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Suri Cruise to star in iconic Shakespeare play as college major is revealed\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-s-following-katie-holmes-example-and-saying-very-little\">She\u2019s following Katie Holmes\u2019 example (and saying very little)<\/h2>\n<p>Those of us old enough to remember Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah\u2019s couch likely do not need a reminder of how things ended with Katie Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Holmes filed to divorce Cruise after 6 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Divorcing Cruise is a notoriously daunting prospect. To this day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/nicole-kidman-daughters-divorce-hair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicole Kidman<\/a> avoids speaking ill of Cruise or of Scientology, which some governments have branded as a predatory business rather than as a \u201creligion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes has not been outspoken about her erstwhile marriage or about her experiences during that time.<\/p>\n<p>However, in December of 2024, she did confirm that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/suri-cruise-money-drama-katie-holmes-breaks-silence-on-trust-fund-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suri did not have a trust fund<\/a> from her estranged father. (There were reports of such a fund, which Holmes denied.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shiloh Jolie \ud83e\udd1d Suri Noelle dropping the last names of their problematic, deadbeat dads<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u1d0a\u1d07\u029f\u1d00 (@jelevision) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jelevision\/status\/1805637476221964798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/27\/tom-cruise-daughter-suri-changes-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a> <\/em>reports that, according to their source, Suri has been estranged from her father since she was 7 years old.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, the 2024 revelation that she\u2019d used \u201cSuri Noelle\u201d towards the end of high school made a lot of sense.<\/p>\n<p>Only now do we have confirmation that she made this change legally.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity kids could have any number of reasons to obfuscate a famous \u2014 or infamous \u2014 parent\u2019s surname. Cruise is both famous and infamous.<\/p>\n<p>But to do this legally seems pretty personal. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to ask if Tom Cruise ever cared about her. But many would argue that the best thing that he ever did for Suri was vanishing from her life.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/suri-cruise-legally-ditches-tom-cruise-surname\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Over a dozen years later, Katie Holmes has thoroughly moved on from the Tom Cruise chapter of her life. So has her daughter. Continuing the pattern of celebrity kids reaching adulthood and ditching the surnames of their dads who were really hot in the early 1990s, Suri has a new legal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-254241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}