{"id":630732,"date":"2026-09-29T04:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/630732\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T04:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:42:09","slug":"angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-daughter-zahara-drops-pitt-from-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/630732\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt\u2019s Daughter Zahara Drops \u2018Pitt\u2019 From Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angelina Jolie<\/a> and Brad Pitt<\/a>‘s daughter Zahara has officially dropped her father’s last name.<\/p>\n

On Monday, September 28, a California judge approved the 21-year-old’s request to go by “Zahara Marley Jolie<\/a>” rather than “Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt.”<\/p>\n

According to court filings obtained by People<\/a>, Zahara initially began taking legal action to have “Pitt” removed from her last name<\/a> on June 9.<\/p>\n

The following month, Zahara and her brother Maddox<\/a> took out weekly ads in the <\/a>Los Angeles Daily Journal<\/a> <\/a>for the petition. In the state of California, a public petition published in a newspaper is a mandatory step to a legal name change.<\/p>\n

Maddox has taken his father’s surname off his own since he worked with his mother on the drama film Couture.<\/p>\n

Supporting Angelina behind the scenes, Maddox took on a role as an assistant director. Upon the film’s premiere in French cinemas this past February, Maddox’s name was featured in the credits, albeit without his father’s surname Pitt.<\/p>\n

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Instead of being listed as Maddox Jolie-Pitt, he was credited as Maddox Jolie.<\/p>\n

The alteration followed a similar decision made by his younger sister Shiloh<\/a>, 19. On her 18th birthday in May 2024, she legally dropped “Pitt” from her last name and now goes by Shiloh Jolie.<\/p>\n

Maddox’s full surname last appeared in a film’s credits in 2024 for the drama Maria, which featured his mother in the role of late opera singer Maria Callas. He served as a production assistant on the movie and was credited as Maddox Jolie-Pitt.<\/p>\n

Maria’s release came a few months prior to the finalization of Angelina and Brad’s divorce<\/a>, which officially concluded in December 2024.<\/p>\n

Their legal separation spanned eight years, complicated by financial disputes and custody arrangements.<\/p>\n

Angelina initially held sole custody of their six children, but this arrangement shifted in 2021 when Pitt secured joint custody.<\/p>\n

The actress is currently required to remain in Los Angeles due to the conditions of their divorce settlement. She explained to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that the divorce agreement mandates she must “be here” for their twins, Knox and Vivienne.<\/p>\n

She disclosed, “As soon as they’re 18, I’ll be able to leave.”<\/p>\n

This story Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Daughter Zahara Drops ‘Pitt’ From Last Name<\/a> first appeared on InTouch Weekly<\/a>. Follow InTouch Weekly<\/a> on <\/a>Yahoo<\/a> so you don’t miss what’s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s daughter Zahara has officially dropped her father’s last name. On Monday, September 28,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4807,16985,146,85,46,216999,156386,156387,157173,285135,195417,157172,216818],"class_list":["post-630732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-angelina-jolie","tag-brad-pitt","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-legal-name-change","tag-maddox-jolie","tag-maddox-jolie-pitt","tag-shiloh-jolie","tag-the-los-angeles-daily-journal","tag-zahara","tag-zahara-marley-jolie","tag-zahara-marley-jolie-pitt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}