{"id":2437358,"date":"2026-05-29T19:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2437358"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:09:22","slug":"angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-son-maddox-to-legally-drop-actors-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-son-maddox-to-legally-drop-actors-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt&#8217;s son Maddox to legally drop actor&#8217;s name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/74868649007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Shiloh Jolie granted request to drop dad Brad Pitt&#8217;s last name<\/p>\n<p>Shiloh Jolie, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has officially dropped Pitt from her last name.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/parenting\/2019\/08\/21\/angelina-jolie-drops-son-maddox-off-south-korean-college\/2078764001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maddox Jolie-Pitt<\/a> is taking steps to legally remove Pitt from his last name.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old son of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/angelina-jolie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angelina Jolie<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/05\/28\/brad-pitt-on-angelina-jolie-divorce\/83910631007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brad Pitt<\/a> 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 &#8220;personal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The switch comes months after Maddox made headlines for dropping his father&#8217;s surname from his latest professional role as an assistant director on Jolie&#8217;s movie &#8220;Couture.&#8221; At the February debut of the French film, the end credits listed him as Maddox Jolie, marking the first time he publicly presented with a different name, as he went by Maddox Jolie-Pitt in his prior credit for Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Maria&#8221; in 2024.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Several of Pitt and Jolie&#8217;s six children no longer include Pitt in their surname<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to Maddox, their eldest, Pitt, 62, and Jolie are parents to: Pax, 22; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2021\/10\/19\/angelina-jolie-daughter-zahara-wears-moms-2014-oscars-dress\/8519727002\/\">Zahara,<\/a>\u00a021; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/04\/05\/shiloh-jolie-dancing-dayoung-whats-a-girl-to-do\/89476854007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shiloh<\/a>, 20; and twins <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2024\/06\/16\/angelina-jolie-tony-awards-red-carpet-vivienne-jolie-pitt\/74119917007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vivienne<\/a> and Knox, 17.<\/p>\n<p>On Shiloh&#8217;s 18th birthday in May 2024, she filed a petition to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/08\/19\/shiloh-jolie-drops-pitt-from-last-name\/74863025007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">request was granted<\/a> three months later by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, according to a filing reviewed by USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/angelina-jolie\/\" data-autotag=\"cc7e1f6d-3622-4482-93a9-fa95be85eb9e\">Angelina Jolie<\/a> wins <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/05\/06\/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-winery-battle-messages-ruling\/89958311007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fight with Brad Pitt in long-running winery battle<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also in May 2024, Vivienne, whose name is still legally Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, was credited as Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for the buzzy Broadway musical &#8220;The Outsiders,&#8221; which she worked on as an assistant while her mom produced.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, a video posted by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/CzsJpzar3s1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Essence<\/a> captured Zahara introducing herself without Pitt in her last name during an event for her sorority at Spelman College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Zahara Marley Jolie. And (I) landed all the way from the Golden State in the city full of angels: Los Angeles, California,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Pitt and Jolie have had a tumultuous past, including a years-long legal battle following their 2016 split<\/h2>\n<p>The famous duo began dating in 2005 and married in 2014. In September 2016, the &#8220;Maleficent&#8221; actress <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2016\/09\/20\/reports-angelina-jolie-files-divorce-brad-pitt\/90731054\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed for divorce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next eight years, the exes were engulfed in an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/07\/16\/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-plane-incident-messages-request\/74426417007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ongoing legal battle<\/a>, launching separate proceedings\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2018\/09\/06\/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-could-they-go-trial-over-kids\/1197789002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over custody<\/a>\u00a0of their six children and control of their French vineyard Ch\u00e2teau Miraval. It was during their dispute over the winery that Jolie accused Pitt of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2016\/09\/22\/reports-brad-pitt-accused-child-abuse-under-investigation\/90825098\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacking her<\/a>\u00a0and their children while aboard a private jet on a family trip days before her divorce filing.<\/p>\n<p>Jolie&#8217;s lawyers alleged in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2022\/10\/04\/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-choked-child-struck-another-face\/8179890001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an October 2022 filing<\/a> that Pitt &#8220;grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her, and then grabbed her shoulders and shook her again before pushing her into the bathroom wall,&#8221; while on a\u00a0flight from\u00a0Chateau Miraval in France to California. The filing also alleged that Pitt was violent with some of his children during the altercation.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt denied the allegations, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2016\/11\/22\/fbi-drops-plane-inquiry-against-brad-pitt\/94312418\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the FBI<\/a>\u00a0declined to pursue an investigation or charges after looking into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, the former couple officially <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/12\/31\/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-settle-divorce\/77349082007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reached a divorce settlement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contributing: KiMi Robinson and Charles Trepany, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiloh Jolie granted request to drop dad Brad Pitt&#8217;s last name Shiloh Jolie, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has officially dropped Pitt from her last name. unbranded &#8211; Entertainment Maddox Jolie-Pitt is taking steps to legally remove Pitt from his last name. 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