Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, the 18-year-old daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has officially dropped her father’s last name after a Los Angeles judge granted her legal petition during a Monday morning hearing at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Page Six reported.
The Bottom Line
- Vivienne’s legal name change from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie was approved by Judge Virginia Keeny.
- The teenager originally filed the paperwork on July 20, just eight days after turning 18 alongside her twin brother, Knox.
- Vivienne is one of the children of the former couple to legally remove Pitt from their surname, following siblings Zahara, Maddox, and Shiloh.
Inside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse Hearing
The legal transition concluded quietly during a morning docket oversight in Los Angeles. Judge Virginia Keeny presided over the proceedings at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, reading aloud the approvals for a batch of name change petitions. Attorney Peter Kenneth Levine appeared remotely to represent Vivienne during the hearing. According to the court’s proceedings, signed decrees become available to petitioners within approximately one week.
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Vivienne initially filed her petition on July 20, arriving just eight days after she and her twin brother, Knox, celebrated their 18th birthdays. Court documents obtained by Page Six at the time indicated that the teenager cited “personal” reasons for wanting to remove “Pitt” from her surname. While the legal filing reached completion this week, the teenager had already discarded the moniker professionally. Earlier, in May 2024, the Playbill for the Broadway show The Outsiders—an endeavour she assisted her mother in producing—listed her simply as “Vivienne Jolie”.
A Growing Trend Among the Jolie-Pitt Siblings
The legal adjustment aligns Vivienne with her siblings, who have dropped their father’s surname amid the ongoing family estrangement. Marking the very first instance among the former partners’ six kids to legally abandon their paternal surname, Shiloh, 20, submitted her formal request on her 18th birthday in May 2024. Her request was granted that August. Later that autumn, specifically in September, a Los Angeles judge approved 21-year-old Zahara’s petition to transition her name from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie. That same month, their older brother Maddox, 25, similarly dropped “Pitt” through legal channels, taking on the name Maddox Chivan Jolie. At the same time, though his legal name status remains unconfirmed, Vivienne’s twin brother Knox left “Pitt” off his high school graduation papers earlier this year.
| Sibling | Age | Action Taken | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh | 20 | Legal Name Change to Jolie | May – August 2024 |
| Vivienne | 18 | Legal Name Change to Jolie | July 2026 |
| Zahara | 21 | Legal Name Change to Jolie | September 2026 |
| Maddox | 25 | Legal Name Change to Jolie | September 2026 |
The Backdrop of a Contentious Family Split
The steady stream of name changes unfolds against the backdrop of a deeply contentious separation between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Jolie, 51, and Pitt, 62, also share son Pax, 22. Two years into their marriage, the actress known for “Maleficent” initiated divorce proceedings against the “F1” leading man in September 2016. Following an eight-year legal battle, the former partners—who were initially declared legally single in 2019—finally reached a divorce settlement in December 2024. The exes remain locked in a separate legal dispute over their French winery Château Miraval.
