Shiloh Jolie-Pitt has been granted legal permission to change her name.
The daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie originally filed to drop her father’s last name on her 18th birthday in May, and as part of the legal process she published an announcement of her intentions in the Los Angeles Times.
According to California law, a judge can only approve a petition to change someone’s name one month after they have published legal forms in a newspaper.
Now, TMZ has reported that official court documents obtained by the US news outlet have confirmed that Shiloh’s petition was granted on Monday and she will now be known by Shiloh Jolie.
Shiloh is the eldest biological child of the former Hollywood couple, who also share twins Vivienne and Knox, 16.
Their adopted brood includes Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, and Zahara, 19.
Shiloh is not the only one of Pitt’s offspring opting to distance themselves from him.
Vivienne appears to have followed suit by dropping Pitt from her last name, according to the programme for her Broadway play The Outsiders.
The teenager is part of the play’s production team alongside her mother and is named in the official programme as Vivienne Jolie.
In 2023, a video was shared online in which Zahara was introduced to her university’s sorority as Zahara Marley Jolie.
Shiloh is the only one so far to go down the legal route.
According to Us Weekly, Oscar-winner Pitt, 60, is “devastated” by Shiloh’s decision and sees it as “more than a name change”.
“It was a symbol of a deeper estrangement that has been brewing for years,” a source claimed, with another insider alleging that he’s “finding it extremely difficult to come to terms with” the news.
