Judge approves Vivienne Jolie’s surname change

A Los Angeles judge approved Vivienne Jolie’s petition to remove Pitt from her surname at a hearing on November 2, allowing her to use the legal name Vivienne Marcheline Jolie instead of Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt. Vivienne, the 18-year-old daughter of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, filed the petition in July, shortly after turning 18. The hearing account said the judge approved the petition and indicated that a copy of the decree could be available at the courthouse in about a week. Vivienne’s legal representative appeared remotely. The ruling makes Vivienne the fourth of the former couple’s six children reported to have legally removed Pitt from their surnames. Shiloh’s petition was granted in 2024. Reports say Zahara and Maddox received approvals in September 2026, though accounts differ on when their name-change processes began and on the earlier steps they took. The reports agree that their legal changes had been approved by September. Vivienne had used Jolie professionally before the court ruling. She was credited as Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for the Broadway production of The Outsiders in 2024, where she helped her mother produce the musical. A report on...