- Angelina Jolie's child, Shiloh, officially adopts the surname "Pitt" as its new name.
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The court officially endorsed it in writing as well: 18-year-old Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the firstborn common child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, made a formal request to change her name. TMZ broke the news, citing court documents as their source. According to these documents, the court approved Shiloh's wish to eliminate "Pitt" from her name and go by "Jolie" only. Prior to this, she was recognized as Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
Three days following her 18th birthday in May, Shiloh Jolie submitted her name change petition to the authorities. In July, she publicized her intent to no longer use "Pitt" in the Los Angeles Times. On her personal Instagram, she had been referring to herself as Shi Jolie for quite some time. Shiloh is a dedicated dancer.
In early June, People magazine reported that Brad Pitt, Shiloh's father, was "informed and upset" about her name change request.
Is Angelina Jolie the only person with a connection to the children?
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt share six children: Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, and Pax, 20, who were adopted by the couple. Shiloh and the twins Knox and Vivienne, 16, are their biological children. Jolie and Pitt met while filming "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" in 2005 and fell in love. After their engagement in 2012, they got married in France in 2014. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016. Legal disputes still exist, such as those concerning a former joint vineyard in southern France.
Shiloh Jolie is not the only child of the ex-couple who seems to align with their mother. In November 2023, Zahara introduced herself as "Zahara Marley Jolie" at her university. In May 2024, Vivienne was listed as "Vivienne Jolie" in the Broadway musical's theater program where she participated. It is also claimed that Maddox and Pax have no contact with Brad Pitt.
After sharing her decision to change her name in the Los Angeles Times, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt expressed her feelings musically, singing, "♪ I'm not going to lie ♪," indicating her honesty about her name change journey. Moreover, the news of her name change request caused a stir, with her father, Brad Pitt, reportedly expressing his disappointment.
