Vivienne Jolie-Pitt completes legal step to drop father's surname

Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, the youngest daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has completed a key legal requirement in her bid to drop her father's surname. She published a notice of her name-change petition in the Los Angeles Daily Journal for four consecutive weeks, from July 24 to August 14, as required by California law. The final decision rests with a judge at a hearing scheduled for November 2, 2026 Source: eldiado Source: infobae.

Vivienne, who turned 18 in July, already uses the name Vivienne Jolie professionally, having been credited as such in the 2024 Broadway production of The Outsiders, where she worked as a production assistant for her mother Source: infobae.

Siblings' similar moves

Vivienne is not alone among the Jolie-Pitt children in seeking to remove "Pitt" from their legal names. Shiloh was the first to file, in May 2024, and her change to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie was approved by a judge Source: infobae. This year, Maddox and Zahara have also filed petitions, with hearings set for September 14 and September 28, respectively Source: eldiado. Pax has not filed a public petition, while Knox has informally used the Jolie surname Source: infobae.

The legal actions come amid a prolonged family estrangement following Jolie and Pitt's separation in 2016; their divorce was finalized in December 2024, but disputes continue over assets like Château Miraval Source: eldiado.