Overview
- A California judge approved Zahara Jolie’s petition to remove "Pitt" from her legal surname, making her officially Zahara Marley Jolie.
- Zahara is the third of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s six children to complete the change after Maddox and Shiloh completed theirs earlier.
- Zahara filed her petition in late April and the required public notice ran in July, and she had already used Zahara Marley Jolie at public events such as her college graduation.
- Another child, Vivienne, has a pending name-change petition with a court hearing scheduled for early November.
- The changes take place against the long-running family dispute that began with the couple’s 2016 separation and a divorce finalized in December 2024, and they reflect reported limited communication between some of the children and their father.