Shiloh Jolie grants father Brad Pitt’s request to remove his last name
Shiloh Jolie, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has officially dropped Pitt from her last name.
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Maddox Jolie Pitt is taking steps to legally remove Pitt from her last name.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s 24-year-old son filed paperwork on Friday, April 17 to officially change his name from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. He cited the reason as “personal.”
The change comes months after Maddox made headlines for dropping his father’s last name from his latest professional role as an assistant director on Jolie’s film Couture. This is the first time he has publicly given a different name, as he was listed as Maddox Jolie in the end credits when the French film debuted in February, and was called Maddox Jolie-Pitt in the pre-credits of Netflix’s 2024 Maria.
Some of Pitt and Jolie’s six children no longer have Pitt in their last names
In addition to their eldest son Maddox, Pitt, 62, and Jolie have the following children: Pax (22), Jolie (22) and Zahara, 21. Shiloh, 20 years old. and twins Vivian and Knox, 17 years old.
On Shiloh’s 18th birthday in May 2024, she filed a petition to change her name from Shiloh Nouvelle Jolie Pitt to Shiloh Nouvelle Jolie. The request was granted by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge three months later, according to a filing reviewed by USA TODAY.
Also in May 2024, Vivian, whose legal name is still Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, was credited as Vivienne Jolie on a flyer for the hit Broadway musical The Outsiders, which she worked on as an assistant while her mother produced it.
That same year, a video posted by Essence showed Zahara introducing herself without using her last name, Pitt, during a sorority event at Spelman College.
“My name is Zahara Marley Jolie, and I’ve come all the way from the Golden State to Los Angeles, California, a city full of angels,” she said.
Pitt and Jolie have had a checkered past, including years of legal battles following their 2016 split.
The famous duo started dating in 2005 and got married in 2014. In September 2016, the “Maleficent” actress filed for divorce.
Over the next eight years, the former couple were embroiled in an ongoing legal battle, filing separate lawsuits over custody of their six children and control of their French vineyard, Chateau Miraval. It was during an argument over a winery that Jolie accused Pitt of attacking her and their children while on a private jet on a family vacation just days before filing for divorce.
Jolie’s lawyers alleged in an October 2022 filing that Pitt “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her, then grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her again before pinning her against the bathroom wall” on a flight from Chateau Miraval in France to California. The filing also alleges that Pitt was violent toward some of the children during the argument.
Mr. Pitt has denied the charges, and the FBI declined to investigate or prosecute after looking into the incident.
In January 2025, the former couple officially reached a divorce settlement.
contribution: KiMi Robinson and Charles Trepagny, USA TODAY
