Suri Cruise legally changes name to Suri Noelle while studying at Carnegie Mellon
The 20-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has officially changed her legal name to Suri Noelle, as shown by voter-registration records in Pennsylvania, where she attends Carnegie Mellon University.
Public records indicate that Suri Noelle, formerly known as Suri Cruise, has completed a legal name change. The change appears on a voter-registration filing in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where she is enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. Pennsylvania law requires voters to register using their legal name, confirming that the alteration is official.
Suri has been using the surname Noelle publicly for more than a year, first appearing under that name at her June 2024 graduation from New York’s LaGuardia High School. The name is believed to reference her mother Katie Holmes’s middle name.
The student is pursuing a degree in musical theatre and has performed in productions such as a staged reading of "Cosmic Microwave Background" at Pittsburgh’s Hazlett Theater and an upcoming adaptation of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" that will travel to Scotland for the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
"Suri and I kind of grew up together," Katie Holmes has said in past interviews.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced in 2012, after which Suri remained with her mother.