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Tom convinces Katie to change her name

Tom Cruise has convinced his fiancée, Katie Holmes, to drop the girlish name “Katie” in favour of the more mature “Kate”. Now that the 27-year-old has given birth, the pair decided she should be known as Kate instead. Tom comments, “Katie is a young girl’s name. Her name is Kate now she’s a child-bearing woman.” Since meeting Tom, Kate has also changed her religion. When she began her relationship with the `oission: Impossible’ star, she converted from Catholicism to Scientology. Kate intends to raise her newborn daughter, Suri, according to the controversial religion. [28 April 2006]

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