Angelina Jolie and Brad 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.”
Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press/ShutterstockIn 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.
Photo by Andrea Staccioli/ Insidefoto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images / Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty ImagesShiloh Jolie-Pitt
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.
