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Date:2025-04-11 11:19:01
Angelina Jolie and ChainkeenBrad Pitt's daughter has made an eternal change.
The 18-year-old born Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt has officially received court approval to drop her dad's surname and go by Shiloh Jolie, according to court documents obtained by multiple outlets.
E! News reached out to Angelina's rep for comment but has not heard back.
Shiloh—who is the fourth of Angelina and Brad's six children—first filed the paperwork to change her moniker on May 27, the day of her 18th birthday. Shortly after, the teenager's attorney placed a newspaper notice in the Los Angeles Times announcing her plans to drop her last name, as broadcasting a name change in a local paper is required by California law.
But Shiloh's road to shortening her moniker wasn't without any bumps. Back in July, the hearing to finalize the procedure got postponed due to a clerical issue.
"Unfortunately, the court was unable to complete the background check ahead of today's hearing," Shiloh's lawyer Peter K. Levine said in a statement to E! News at the time, "so the hearing was rescheduled for August 19."
And while Shiloh may be the first to have her name change legally granted, she isn't the only one of Brad and Angelina's kids—which also include Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15—to ditch the Pitt moniker following the couple's 2016 split.
In fact, her sister Vivienne's name appeared as Vivienne Jolie in the program for the Broadway musical The Outsiders, which she worked on alongside their mom. And back in November 2023, Zahara dropped the "Pitt" from her moniker as well when making introductions at her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College.
Of course, name changes are nothing out of the ordinary in the Jolie-Pitt family. After all, Angelina was born Angelina Jolie Voight before opting to get rid of her dad Jon Voight's last name and use her middle name as her surname instead. And likewise, Brad—whose legal name is William Bradley Pitt—chose to go by his middle name when pursuing his acting career.
Read on for more celebrity kids who have chosen to ditch their last names...
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter went by Suri Noelle—her first name and her mom's middle name—for her high school graduation ceremony in June 2024.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's daughter Malia Obama dropped her last name to go by just her first and middle names—Malia Ann—when credited on her 2023 film project The Heart.
On her 18th birthday in May 2024, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt legally filed to change her name to just Shiloh Jolie after mom Angelina Jolie, dropping dad Brad Pitt's surname.
Designer Mossimo Giannulli and actress Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli doesn't use her last name as an influencer, going by Olivia Jade for her YouTube career.
Rob Schneider's daughter was born Tanner Elle Schneider but decided to go by Elle King (her middle name combined with her mom London King's surname) for her singing career.
Hocus Pocus star Kathy Najimy and The Hangover's Dan Finnerty share daughter Samia Najimy Finnerty, but she dropped their monikers to go by just Samia for her stage name as a singer.
August Coppola—the brother of Francis Ford Coppola—welcomed son Nicolas Kim Coppola with dancer Joy Vogelsang. However, you know him by a different name: Nicolas Cage, inspired by superhero Luke Cage.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter dropped her last name to go by WILLOW as her music stage name.
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