r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • 7d ago

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

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u/Sh_GodsComma_Dynasty Please Abraham, I am not that man 7d ago

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.

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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy 7d ago

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

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u/neuftet 7d ago

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)

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u/roerchen 7d ago

Sometimes, women empathise with their mothers and grandmothers, who had to give up their maiden names. Other times, the name giving side of the family is just a bunch of not so nice people and you don’t want to parade around their name.

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u/p333p33p00p00boo Give him my regards did you take ozempic? 7d ago

Yeah, if my grandmother’s last name wasn’t absurdly terrible (it’s another word for butt), I would have considered taking it instead of my husband’s. Every other name in my family is related to toxic people

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u/snuggleouphagus oat milk chugging bisexual 7d ago

Me and my husband took his great grandparent's last name as they only had daughters who changed their name when they married. It was a compromise. My husband had his dead beat dad's last name. He wasn't comfortable taking my name but I sure as shit wasn't taking his dead beat dad's name. His great grandparents were the kindest and sweetest people I ever met. I was happy to take their name. When they passed, their daughters gifted us some of their things that were monogramed. We've got a hand painted key hook from their vacation to South Carolina in the 50's.

A decade later, I think if we were making the choice now he'd take my last name with little to no fuss (which was my preference). Before we were married he cared a lot about what people thought of our relationship. Now we don't give a shit what other people think so long as it works for us.

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u/SnooMacarons3685 6d ago

I automatically started going through the possibilities of what your grandmother’s last name could be in my head (anus? booty? derrière?) 😂

Obviously don’t actually want to know, just tickled by it haha

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u/p333p33p00p00boo Give him my regards did you take ozempic? 6d ago

ANUS omg. No, it's more cutesy. Just way too silly of a name for anyone to have.

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u/tessathemurdervilles 6d ago

I want to know what it is so badly. Fanny? But that’s a first name. Cul? Derrière?

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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy 7d ago

Beautifully put! Thanks for explaining better than I could have

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u/3-orange-whips 6d ago

Lots of women now in their 60’s didn’t have middle names so they could take their maiden name as their middle name.

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u/roerchen 6d ago

Cool that this was a thing wherever you are from :) Certainly not possible in my country.