Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne files petition to legally drop dad’s last name

Vivienne Jolie-Pitt has officially filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court to change her legal name. The 18-year-old requested to remove Pitt from her surname, which would leave her with the legal name Vivienne Marcheline Jolie. Court records cite personal reasons for the change.

This filing follows a pattern among the children of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Several of the siblings have taken similar steps to distance themselves from their father’s last name. Shiloh successfully petitioned the court to remove Pitt from her name upon reaching adulthood, while Zahara and Maddox have also filed legal documents to transition to their mother’s surname. Knox has also used the name Knox Jolie in public, including on his high school diploma.

These developments come after the highly publicized divorce between Pitt and Jolie, which was finalized in December 2024. The couple separated in 2016, and the subsequent years have seen significant public attention directed at their family dynamics. The legal proceedings highlight the ongoing separation between the former couple and their children.

Internal sources offer conflicting perspectives on the situation. Some reports describe the rift as a result of harm caused during the marriage, suggesting the children act on their own terms as adults. Other perspectives characterize the change as a form of parental alienation that prevents a parent from participating in the lives of his children. Representatives for both Pitt and Jolie have not provided statements regarding the filings.

As these legal requests move through the court system, they represent the latest shift in a family narrative that has played out in the public eye for nearly a decade. With four of the six children now appearing to move away from the Pitt name, the focus remains on how these individual choices will define their personal identities moving forward.