One of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s six children has officially dropped “Pitt” from her name.
A Los Angeles court granted a petition from the third-eldest child of the former couple to legally change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie on Monday.
She initially filed the petition to make the name change official on May 27, the day she turned 18.
Several outlets have reported that other Jolie-Pitt children have informally excluded Pitt from their names, but Shiloh is the first to take legal steps to formalize the name change.
Notably, their daughter, Vivienne, was listed in a program for The Outsiders on Broadway as “Vivienne Jolie.” Along with Shiloh and Vivienne, the former couple also share four other children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Knox.
Pitt and Jolie had been romantic partners for a decade when they married in 2014.
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, and a judge declared them single in 2019 but the divorce case has not been finalized, with custody and financial issues still in dispute.
The news of the petition being granted was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.
Officially, one of the six children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt no longer has the last name “Pitt.”.
On Monday, a Los Angeles court granted a request made by the third-eldest child of the divorced couple, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, to legally change her name to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.
The day she turned eighteen, May 27, was when she first submitted the formal name change petition.
Although Shiloh is the first to formally change her name through legal means, other Jolie-Pitt children have reportedly taken informal steps to remove Pitt from their names. Interestingly, their daughter Vivienne was listed as “Vivienne Jolie” in a Broadway program for The Outsiders. “.
The former couple is also parents to Maddox, Pax, Zahara, and Knox in addition to Shiloh and Vivienne.
Following reports that their relationship had soured, the Maleficent actor—who first gained notoriety in the 1990s—filed for a name change herself in 2002 in order to formally remove her father Jon Voight’s last name.
When Pitt and Jolie tied the knot in 2014, they had been dating for ten years. The divorce case has not yet been concluded, with custody and money disputes remaining unresolved. Jolie filed for divorce in 2016 and was pronounced single by a judge in 2019.
Along with their shared business ventures and property, which includes a winery in France, the actors have also filed lawsuits against each other in recent years.
According to Jolie, in a 2022 court document, Pitt took hold of her head during a 2016 flight, shook her, choked one of their kids, and hit another when they attempted to protect her.
Requests for comments from representatives of Shiloh were not answered.
Celebrity news website TMZ broke the initial report about the petition’s approval.
