Los Angeles teen Vivienne Jolie files to drop Pitt surname | JQJO

LOS ANGELES — Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, the youngest daughter of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court to remove “Pitt” from her last name, according to court documents reported this week. The filing came one week after Vivienne turned 18, the age at which she could legally request the change herself without a guardian. The petition lists the reason for the request as “personal” and asks the court to formalize the name she already uses in professional settings, including her work in theater. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 2 November in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Vivienne is the fourth of the former couple’s six children to initiate a move away from using Brad Pitt’s surname, reflecting a broader pattern within the family. Media outlets report that her older sister Shiloh, a dancer and the first biological child of Pitt and Jolie, was the first sibling to begin distancing herself from the Pitt name in professional and public contexts. The latest filing underscores that the children, now reaching adulthood, are making individual legal and personal decisions about how they wish to be identified, while the court process will determine when Vivienne’s name change becomes official.