Vivienne Jolie-Pitt has fulfilled a key California requirement, although a judge must still approve her requested name change.
LOS ANGELES — Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, the youngest daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has advanced her petition to remove “Pitt” from her legal name. The 18-year-old published notices of the request in the Los Angeles Daily Journalon four dates between July 24 and August 14. California requires this public notification before most name-change petitions can receive judicial approval.
Vivienne is seeking to change her full name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie. Court documents reportedly describe her reason only as “personal,” without offering further details. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for November 2, when a judge could formally authorize the change.
The request follows Vivienne’s earlier decision to use “Vivienne Jolie” professionally. She was credited under that name in the 2024 Broadway Playbill for The Outsiders, which she helped produce alongside her mother. Her middle name, Marcheline, honors Angelina Jolie’s late mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
Several of Vivienne’s siblings have also sought to remove or stop using their father’s surname. Shiloh obtained legal approval for her change in 2024, while Maddox and Zahara have filed their own petitions. For Vivienne, the final ruling could transform a name already used in public into a legally recognized declaration of personal identity.
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