Maddox and Zahara Jolie Officially Drop 'Pitt'
Two Jolie-Pitt kids shed the name just as the family's custody agreement quietly expires.
Fame & Fortune Desk · July 14, 2026 · Based on reporting by Vanity Fair
Maddox, 24, and Zahara, 21, have filed court papers to officially drop 'Pitt' and go by simply 'Jolie,' The Sun reports. The siblings even took out newspaper ads to make the change legal, per Bossip. It's the most formal step yet in the family's public distancing from Brad Pitt since the divorce.
The timing is pointed. The filings arrive just as twins Knox and Vivienne turn 18, which formally ends Pitt and Angelina Jolie's custody agreement, Vanity Fair reports. Two decades of one of Hollywood's most-watched family sagas, closed. With no custody terms left to negotiate, the kids' names may be the final word.
