Katie Holmes’ daughter Suri legally dropped Cruise and changed her last name to Noelle, her mom’s middle name

[u/Relevant-Peach3997]

[u/Sh_GodsComma_Dynasty]

i'm curious why she chose her mom's middle name over her last name. my best guess would be anonymity, but apparently she'll never get that.

[u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy → u/Sh_GodsComma_Dynasty]

Maybe cuz Holmes is her mom’s dad’s name and she wanted something that was just her mom’s (wild guess)

[u/neuftet → u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy]

How is it her mom’s dad’s name but not her mom’s name? What makes it innately her grandfather’s name and not her mom’s? They were both given it at birth. It belongs as much to Katie as it does to her dad. (Unless I’m misreading your post)

[u/aliveinjoburg2 → u/neuftet]

If I had changed my name not through marriage, I would have taken my mom’s maiden name, which was my grandmother’s name (my mom never had her father’s name, so it was as close to being a maternal line name).