Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt’s daughter Zahara officially files to drop father’s last name

Zahara Jolie has filed a legal petition in California to remove “Pitt” from her surname. She becomes the third child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to seek the change following their parents’ divorce and longstanding family estrangement

Los Angeles: Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Zahara have officially filed to remove “Pitt” from her surname. In documents obtained by people.com, the 21-year-old filed a petition for a change of name in the Superior Court of California.

Zahara’s filing dates back to April 28 and came just days after her brother, 24-year-old Maddox Jolie, also filed to legally remove his father’s last name following their parents’ split in 2016 after two years of marriage and over 10 years as a couple. Their divorce was finalized in December 2024.

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Jolie and Pitt have six children together, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne. Zahara is now the former couple’s third child to file to legally drop “Pitt” from their last name after Maddox and Shiloh.

“It’s sad to see someone repeatedly publicize their successful alienation of their children from the other parent,” says a source close to Pitt.

Zahara hinted at a possible name change on more than one occasion, most recently when she walked the stage during her college graduation in Atlanta on May 17. Her name was listed in the commencement program as “Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt,” however, her name was read as “Zahara Marley Jolie” when she went up to get her diploma for her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

In an August 2024 video, Zahara introduced herself while becoming a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. “My name is Zahara Marley Jolie. And landed all the way from the Golden State in the city full of angels: Los Angeles, California,” she said in the clip.

Months earlier, the May 2024 Playbill for The Outsiders, the Broadway musical Vivienne helped her mom produce, credited Vivienne as Vivienne Jolie, instead of Vivienne Jolie-Pitt.

It was not made clear at the time if Vivienne had legally changed her name. Additionally, Maddox recently dropped Pitt from his last name in the credits of his mother’s latest movie, Couture. Shiloh was granted a name change in 2024 and goes by Shiloh Jolie.