Another chapter in the Jolie-Pitt family story has unfolded, with Vivienne Jolie-Pitt making a personal decision that continues a growing pattern among her siblings.
according to people magazineThe 18-year-old filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court to legally change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.
The filing lists the reason simply as “personal,” with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 2.
The move is not entirely a surprise. Fans first noticed the change last year when Vivienne was credited as “Vivienne Jolie” in Broadway’s Playbill. The outsidersproduction in which he worked with his mother, Angelina Jolie.
Nor is she the first of the former couple’s six children to distance themselves from the Pitt surname. Shiloh successfully dropped “Pitt” in 2024, while Zahara and Maddox are also seeking legal name changes.
“It’s sad to see someone repeatedly publicize the success of their children’s separation from the other parent,” a source close to Brad Pitt previously told the outlet.
The legal filings come years after Pitt and Jolie’s highly publicized split in 2016.
Although their divorce was finalized in late 2024, the former couple remains caught in an ongoing legal dispute over Château Miraval, the French winery they once co-owned.
Despite the family headlines, Jolie has long emphasized encouraging her children to find their own identities.
“I have six very individual human beings in my house. I’m very excited about all the different stages, feelings and curiosities they go through. Why wouldn’t you be?” he told the outlet in 2021.
“We’re supposed to help them discover who they are. And you can’t discover who they are if you don’t enthusiastically develop with them.”
