Maddox Jolie Pitt, the oldest son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, wants to legally drop his father\u2019s surname.<\/p>\n
Maddox made the request, hoping instead to go by only his mother\u2019s name, in court documents obtained by US Weekly. If approved, he will be known as \u201cMaddox Chivan Jolie\u201d going forward.<\/p>\n
It comes after the 24-year-old opted to drop \u201cPitt\u201d from his name in the credits of the movie Couture.\u00a0He worked alongside his Oscar-winning mother as an assistant director on the 2025 film.<\/p>\n
Jolie in March 2002 adopted Maddox, who was born in Cambodia, when he was seven\u00a0months old. Three years later, she went on to adopt daughter Zahara from Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
When Pitt and Jolie first sparked their romance, the Moneyball\u00a0actor revealed his intentions to legally adopt Jolie\u2019s children. He did so in January 2006, in addition to adopting Pax a couple years later.<\/p>\n
Jolie initially adopted Pax in 2007.<\/p>\n
The former couple also share Shiloh, 20, and twins Vivienne and Knox, both 17. Pitt and Jolie were together for more than decade, tying the knot in 2014 before legally separating in 2016. They formally divorced in 2024.<\/p>\n
Maddox isn\u2019t the first to ditch his father\u2019s name. Shiloh legally filed to drop \u201cPitt\u201d on her 18th birthday, and her request was granted in 2024. It was also recently reported that Zahara did not have any contact with her father in the lead-up to her graduation from Spelman College. According to TMZ, Jolie and the rest of her children traveled to Atlanta for the ceremony. \u2013 New York Daily News\/Tribune News Service<\/p>\n
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