{"id":792460,"date":"2026-07-30T02:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792460\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T02:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:11:10","slug":"how-katie-holmes-feels-about-suri-dropping-estranged-dad-tom-cruises-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792460\/","title":{"rendered":"How Katie Holmes feels about Suri dropping estranged dad Tom Cruise’s last name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie Holmes is fully behind daughter Suri\u2019s decision to legally drop her estranged dad Tom Cruise\u2019s famous last name<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cKatie wasn\u2019t surprised by Suri\u2019s decision to legally drop \u2018Cruise\u2019 from her last name because that\u2019s just who Suri is,\u201d a source exclusively told Page Six. \u201cShe\u2019s always been incredibly independent and confident in making her own choices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis also wasn\u2019t something that happened overnight. It was a decision that evolved over time, and Katie respected Suri\u2019s process every step of the way,\u201d the insider said.<\/p>\n

Katie Holmes is fully behind daughter Suri\u2019s decision to legally drop her estranged dad Tom Cruise\u2019s famous last name. (Holmes and Suri are seen above in December 2017.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cKatie wasn\u2019t surprised by Suri\u2019s decision to legally drop \u2018Cruise\u2019 from her last name because that\u2019s just who Suri is,\u201d a source exclusively told Page Six. (Holmes and Suri are pictured above in August 2024.) BACKGRID<\/p>\n

According to the source, the \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum, 47, believes her 20-year-old daughter is \u201cold enough to make her own decisions, and she fully supports whatever she feels is right for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cThis wasn\u2019t something Katie pushed or encouraged. It was entirely Suri\u2019s decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKatie has spent years raising Suri to think for herself and become her own person, and she\u2019s incredibly proud of the confident, independent young woman she\u2019s become,\u201d the insider said. \u201cShe\u2019s an adult now, and Katie has always believed those kinds of personal decisions are hers to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than anything, Katie just wants Suri to be happy and live life on her own terms,\u201d they concluded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis also wasn\u2019t something that happened overnight. It was a decision that evolved over time, and Katie respected Suri\u2019s process every step of the way,\u201d the insider said. (Holmes and Suri are seen above in October 2024.) Fernando Ramales \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Page Six exclusively reported Monday that Suri (pictured above in August 2025) had legally changed her name to Suri Noelle. Fernando Ramales \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

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A representative for Holmes did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Page Six exclusively reported Monday that Suri had legally changed her name to Suri Noelle, adopting her mom\u2019s middle name as her surname after quietly dropping \u201cCruise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Public voter registration records in Pennsylvania, where Suri attends Carnegie Mellon University, reflect her legal name as Suri Noelle.<\/p>\n

Although the legal change only recently came to light, Suri had been publicly using the name Noelle for some time. She appeared under the name \u201cSuri Noelle\u201d in her LaGuardia High School graduation program in June 2024, suggesting the transition began well before it was officially confirmed.<\/p>\n

Public voter registration records in Pennsylvania, where Suri (pictured above in April 2024) attends Carnegie Mellon University, reflect her new legal name, which adopts her mom\u2019s middle name. Fernando Ramales \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Cruise and Suri (pictured above in September 2010) have remained estranged for years. WireImage<\/p>\n

Holmes and Cruise welcomed their daughter in April 2006 and tied the knot later that year in November. <\/p>\n

The exes finalized their divorce in 2012. Cruise is also father<\/a> to daughter Bella, 33, and son Connor, 31, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.<\/p>\n

The \u201cBatman Begins\u201d actress has raised Suri primarily in New York since the split, while the father and daughter have remained estranged<\/a> over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Holmes is fully behind daughter Suri\u2019s decision to legally drop her estranged dad Tom Cruise\u2019s famous last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7568,5654,91,88,186,26495,206,308604,4520,92],"class_list":["post-792460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-katie-holmes","tag-movies","tag-suri-cruise","tag-tom-cruise","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}