Another chapter has unfolded in the Jolie-Pitt family story, with Vivienne Jolie-Pitt making a personal decision that continues a growing pattern among her siblings.
As per People magazinethe 18-year-old has filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court to legally change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.
The filing lists the cause simply as “personal,” with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 2.
The move does not come as a complete surprise. Fans first noticed the change last year when Vivienne was credited as “Vivienne Jolie” in the Playbill for Broadway’s The outsidersa production she worked on with her mother, Angelina Jolie.
Nor is she the first of the former couple’s six children to distance herself from Pitt’s last name. Shiloh successfully dropped “Pitt” in 2024, while Zahara and Maddox are also pursuing legal name changes.
“It’s sad to see someone repeatedly publicize their successful alienation of their children from the other parent,” a source close to Brad Pitt previously told the paper.
The legal filings arrive years after Pitt and Jolie’s much-publicized split in 2016.
Although their divorce was finalized in late 2024, the former couple is still locked in an ongoing legal dispute over Château Miraval, the French winery they once co-owned.
Despite the family headlines, Jolie has long emphasized encouraging her children to find their own identity.
“I have six very individual people in my home. I’m so excited about all the different stages and emotions and curiosities that they go through. Why wouldn’t you be?” she told the outlet in 2021.
“We have to help them find out who they are. And you can’t find out who they are if you don’t enthusiastically develop with them.”
