Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Hollywood’s darling former couple, continue to make headlines as their children take turns dropping ‘Pitt’ from their names. While they previously passed the baton discreetly, Zahara and Maddox have officially filed notices to change their legal names. As the requests have yet to be granted, they are both scheduled for a hearing in September.Here’s a closer look at Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s children, Zahara and Maddox, changing their official names.
Zahara and Maddox publish legal notice to change their official names
Daughter Zahara and son Maddox individually published a legal notice in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, in accordance with California law. He filed on July 7, 2026, while she followed him on July 9, 2026, per PEOPLE. As a next step towards their change in legal names, she wants to be legally addressed as ‘Zahara Marley Jolie,’ and he wants to be known as ‘Maddox Chivon Jolie.’ Her hearing is scheduled for September 28, 2026, which will follow his hearing on September 14, 2026.
When Zahara and Maddox made their unofficial announcement
Before filing the legal notice, Zahara and Maddox unofficially announced their intent to remove ‘Pitt’ from their names. Despite being listed as ‘Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt’ for the commencement program on the official website page of Spelman College for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, Zahara reportedly dropped the ‘Pitt’ part of her name during the ceremony, as seen in the YouTube live uploaded by her school.As for Maddox, he worked as an assistant director on Angelina Jolie’s film, ‘Couture,’ and his name was mentioned as Maddox Jolie instead of Maddox Jolie-Pitt in the credits. However, he had mentioned his full name when he worked as a production assistant for the film ‘Maria’ in 2024.Apart from Zahara and Maddox, Shiloh legally changed her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie through a petition she filed a day after she turned 18 in 2024.Disclaimer: The information in this report is based on a legal hearing as reported by a third-party source. The details provided represent allegations made by the parties involved and are not proven facts. The case is ongoing, and a final verdict has not been reached. The publication does not claim that the allegations are true.
