Zahara Jolie-Pitt Wins Legal Approval to Remove Pitt from Her Name

Court records obtained by PEOPLE and other media outlets confirm that Zahara Jolie-Pitt, the daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has formally removed her father's surname after a Los Angeles judge signed off on her request. The 21-year-old is now legally named Zahara Marley Jolie. The change, from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, was granted on September 28, 2026, with no opposition filed against it. Earlier in the year, Zahara had submitted the petition asking that Pitt be removed from her last name. She had already been using Zahara Marley Jolie in public settings, among them her May graduation from Spelman College. She becomes the third among the former couple's six children to legally shed their father's surname, joining siblings Shiloh and Maddox. Vivienne has likewise filed a petition to be renamed Vivienne Marcheline Jolie, and a court hearing on that matter is set for November 2. Pitt, 62, and Jolie, 51, are parents to six children: Maddox, 25, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 20, and the 18-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. The pair first connected while working on Mr. & Mrs. Smith, started a relationship in 2005, wed in 2014, and split two years afterward. Their divorce was completed in December 2024.