A month before her brother Maddox, Zahara, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, also requested the official abandonment of her father’s name

And five! A few days after learning that Maddox, the eldest son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, had filed an official request to free himself from his father’s last name, we discovered that a month earlier, his sister Zahara did the same. With her, this There are now five of the couple’s seven children who deny the Pitt name.

Zahara Marley Jolie

According to documents obtained by the magazine In Touch Weeklythe 21-year-old filed a name change petition with the California Superior Court on April 28. But Zahara is not decided to wait until her decision is legal to make it effective in the eyes of the world. Two weeks later, during her graduation, the young psychologist introduced herself as: “Zahara Marley Jolie”. Already in 2023, when she joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, she was seen in an Instagram video rushing in front of the crowd while dancing before declaring: “My name is Zahara… Marley… Jolie. I traveled from the city of Angels: Los Angeles, California.”

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Maddox Chivan Jolie

A few days ago, we learned that Maddox, the eldest son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, had also filed an official request to legally emancipate himself from his father’s last name. In court documents dated May 28, the 24-year-old cited “personal” reasons. First child adopted by Angelina Jolie in 2002, in Cambodia, then by Brad Pitt in 2006, Maddox had already made this name change in September 2025. During the first of Couture at the Toronto International Film Festival, production notes provided to journalists indicated that Maddox’s name was listed as Maddox Jolie. However, he still appeared under the name Jolie-Pitt in the credits of Mariareleased in Italy in August 2024. A film in which his mother still played the main role and to which he contributed as a production assistant.

A movement started by their daughter Shiloh

Since Angelina Jolie’s divorce filing in 2016, the actor and actress have been engaged in an endless legal and media war. Their official separation was declared in April 2019. During this battle, the star of Tomb Raider accused her ex-husband of having been violent against her and two of their children during a trip on a private jet.

Over the next few years, their children separated themselves from their father’s last name. The first to take the plunge was Shiloh. The couple’s first biological daughter made her request in 2019, effective four years later when she turned 18. In 2024, her youngest sister, Vivienne, revealed that she had made the same choice. While assisting her mother on the musical The Outsidersshe had signed her participation as Vivienne Jolie in the project credits. Knox and Pax are now the last of the Brangelina siblings to have retained the name of the movie star. For how long?