Vivienne Jolie Is the 4th Jolie-Pitt Kid to Legally Drop 'Pitt'

It's official. Vivienne Jolie-Pitt is now Vivienne Jolie.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's 18-year-old daughter had her request to drop her dad's last name approved by a Los Angeles judge on Monday, Nov. 2, Page Six reported. Her new legal name is Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.

That makes Vivienne the fourth of the former couple's six kids to legally remove "Pitt" from their name, following her sister Shiloh, her brother Maddox and her sister Zahara. And the last three have all happened within about seven weeks of each other.

Inside the courtroom

Judge Virginia Keeny, presiding at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, read aloud the names of those whose petitions were being approved, Page Six reported.

"These are name change petitions, which are going to be granted," Keeny said, according to Page Six. She added that a copy of the official decree would likely be ready "in possibly one week in room 112."

Vivienne's attorney, Peter Kenneth Levine, appeared remotely.

Vivienne filed the petition in July, just days after she and her twin brother, Knox, turned 18. As for why, she kept it simple. Her paperwork listed the reason as "personal." In California, adults who want a name change must first publish a notice of the request, which gives anyone who objects a chance to file before the hearing.

Zahara and Maddox made it official just weeks earlier

Vivienne's big day came right on the heels of two of her siblings.

On Monday, Sept. 28, a California judge approved Zahara's petition, and the 21-year-old became Zahara Marley Jolie. Zahara's request had been in the works for months. She filed her petition earlier this year and took out a newspaper notice of the planned change before the hearing, as California requires for an adult name change.

Just two weeks before that, on Monday, Sept. 14, their oldest brother's change became official. The 25-year-old is now legally Maddox Chivan Jolie. Maddox had already been going by "Jolie" professionally for a while, including in film credits, before he made it legal.

Shiloh, now 20, was the first to take the step. She filed to remove "Pitt" from her name on her 18th birthday in May 2024, and the request was granted that August, making her Shiloh Jolie.

Where all six kids stand now

The family grew over the years through both adoption and birth. Three of the kids were adopted and three are biological, and all six grew up with the hyphenated Jolie-Pitt name.

Brad and Angelina share six children: Maddox, 25, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 18. Here's a quick rundown of where things stand with the family name:

• Maddox: Legally changed to Maddox Chivan Jolie on Sept. 14, 2026
• Pax: No name change has been reported
• Zahara: Legally changed to Zahara Marley Jolie on Sept. 28, 2026
• Shiloh: Legally changed to Shiloh Jolie in 2024
• Knox: Reportedly left "Pitt" off his name on his high school diploma this year, but has not been confirmed to have legally changed his name
• Vivienne: Legally changed to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie on Nov. 2, 2026

That means four of the six have now made it official in court. Knox and Pax are the only two who haven't.

Vivienne has been "Jolie" for more than two years

If the name sounds familiar, there's a reason. Vivienne has been using it publicly since 2024.

She was credited as Vivienne Jolie in May 2024, in the Playbill for the Broadway musical The Outsiders, the stage adaptation of the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola movie, which was itself based on S.E. Hinton's classic novel about teenage rivals in 1960s Oklahoma. Vivienne worked on the show as an assistant to her mom, Angelina, who was one of its producers.

In other words, Monday's ruling didn't so much change her name as catch the paperwork up to the one she's already been using for over two years.

Vivienne, who shares the title of youngest Jolie-Pitt child with her twin, Knox, has otherwise kept a pretty low profile. She has occasionally stepped out with her mom for events tied to the show.

Knox has taken a quieter route

Vivienne's twin, Knox, has not been confirmed to have gone to court, but he has reportedly already made his own move. According to Page Six, citing a source, he used the name Knox Jolie on his high school diploma earlier this year, after graduating from Fusion Academy in Los Angeles.

Whether he'll follow his sisters and brother with a legal filing is anyone's guess. So far, nothing has been made public.

Pax, 22, is now the only one of the six with no reported move to drop "Pitt."

Brad Pitt hasn't said a word

As of Monday, no public comment from Brad Pitt on Vivienne's name change, or on any of his kids' decisions about their last name, had been reported.

Just days before Vivienne's hearing, a report claimed the actor was hoping the upcoming holiday season might help bring him closer to his children. That report was based on an unnamed source, and no comment from Pitt on it has been reported.

Angelina says her kids are "individuals"

No public comment from Angelina on the court ruling had been reported either, but she has talked about giving her children room to make their own choices.

In a recent interview with L'Officiel, she described her kids as "definitely individuals" and said she sees her job as staying out of their way, The Blast reported.

She has also been open about how the divorce shaped her own life. In an August 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she said she was in Los Angeles because of the divorce and would be able to leave once the twins turned 18.

With the twins turning 18 this past summer, all six of the Jolie-Pitt kids are now adults.

How we got here

Angelina filed for divorce from Brad in 2016, and the divorce was finalized in December 2024, after years in court. Along the way, their children grew up, and one by one, the older ones began making decisions about their names.

None of the four who have legally dropped "Pitt" have publicly explained their reasons in detail. Vivienne, like her brother Maddox, listed her reason as "personal" in court papers.

What happens next

Once Vivienne picks up her decree, the change is complete. Vivienne Marcheline Jolie will be her name on paper, on her IDs and, as it already has been for two years, in the credits.

As for the rest of the family, all eyes are now on Knox, the only other sibling who has reportedly already started dropping "Pitt" in everyday life. If he files, he'd become the fifth.

For now, four of the six kids are officially Jolies, and their famous father has not publicly commented. Whether that changes over the holidays, as one report suggested he hopes, remains to be seen.