Interesting things keep happening in and around Angelina Jolie’s family. Last month, Zahara Jolie graduated from Spelman College, with her mom and brothers cheering her on and her miserable father nowhere to be seen. At her graduation, her name was read out as “Zahara Marley Jolie.” By all accounts, Zahara dropped the “Pitt” surname socially and in college, but unlike Shiloh, Zahara had not gone the legal route to change her name officially. Well, last week, Maddox Jolie filed his paperwork to legally change his name and drop “Pitt.” Now it looks like Zahara has done the same.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s daughter Zahara has officially filed to legally drop “Pitt” from her last name. According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Zahara, 21, filed the paperwork on April 28 to change her name from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie.
The paperwork also revealed that she’ll return to court on September 28 to explain to a judge why she has decided to no longer use her father’s name.
As In Touch previously reported, Zahara unofficially dropped “Pitt” from her surname in 2024. When she joined her sorority at Spelman College that year, she introduced herself as Zahara Jolie. When she graduated from Spelman last month, her name was called as “Zahara Marley Jolie” when she walked across the stage to receive her diploma.
Zahara isn’t the only child of Brad, 62, and Angelina’s who have distanced themselves from their father. Shiloh was the first of the former couple’s children to petition to no longer use “Pitt” as part of her last name when she turned 18 in May 2024, going from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.
Last month, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star’s eldest son Maddox legally filed to drop the actor’s last name as well.
Some of you have theorized that this is all happening right now because Knox and Vivienne (the two youngest kids) are about to turn 18 years old in about five weeks. As in, the kids have been planning this for a while, and this might be the precursor to Knox and Vivi filing to change their names on around their 18th birthday as well. Could be. The timing makes sense. I also believe that while the kids dropped “Pitt” socially, it’s taken them some time to make up their minds about whether to go through the hassle of legally changing their names. Like, Zahara *just* graduated from college, and Maddox is 23. They really thought about it and considered all of the angles for and against. Not Shiloh – she changed her name as soon as she was legally allowed to.
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