Zahara Jolie files petition to drop Pitt from surname

Zahara Jolie, the 21-year-old daughter of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has filed a legal petition to remove "Pitt" from her surname, becoming the third of the former couple's six children to initiate such a change. Court documents show she filed the petition with the Superior Court of California on April 28, seeking to change her name from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for September 28.

The filing follows a pattern established by her siblings. Shiloh Jolie, 20, legally dropped her father's last name upon turning 18 in May 2024. Their older brother, Maddox Jolie, 24, filed a similar petition in late May of this year. Of the six children, only Pax, 22, and the twins Knox and Vivienne, 17, are still described as using the Pitt surname. The twins' formal custody arrangements are set to expire when they turn 18 on July 12.

Zahara's decision had been signaled publicly for some time. During her induction into the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College in 2024, she introduced herself as Zahara Marley Jolie. The change was also evident at her graduation from Spelman last month, where, despite being listed as Zahara...