{"id":674442,"date":"2026-11-04T06:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674442\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:40:13","slug":"vivienne-jolie-legally-drops-pitt-from-surname-after-judge-approves-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674442\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivienne Jolie legally drops Pitt from surname after judge approves name change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt attending a show in 2024. Photo \/ Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt attending a show in 2024. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">Maddox has used the name Maddox Jolie professionally, including while working as an assistant director on the film Couture. According to People, his legal name change was approved in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">Zahara, meanwhile, has publicly identified herself as Zahara Jolie while studying at Spelman College. According to People, her legal name change was approved in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">Not all of the couple\u2019s children have formally changed their names. Vivienne\u2019s twin brother, Knox, used \u201cKnox Jolie\u201d on his high school diploma, although no public court filing for a legal name change had been reported. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at Los Angeles International Airport with their children in 2014. Photo \/ Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at Los Angeles International Airport with their children in 2014. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">That leaves 24-year-old Pax Jolie-Pitt as the only one of the six siblings still publicly using the dual surname, the Independent reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">However, Pax has voiced strong criticism of his father. In a Father\u2019s Day message that surfaced publicly in 2023, he described Pitt as a \u201cworld class asshole\u201d and a \u201cf****** awful human being\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cYou time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person,\u201d wrote the then-16-year-old on his private Instagram account. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cYou have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">Pitt and Jolie met on the set of Mr &amp; Mrs Smith in 2003, and started dating. They separated in 2016 after 12 years together and two years of marriage. Their divorce was finalised in December 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt attending a show in 2024. 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