Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt’s Son Maddox Drops Pitt From His Last Name

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Maddox is starting a new chapter.

Maddox Jolie-Pitt, age 24, has removed his father’s last name from the credits of his upcoming movie, Couture, according to People magazine.

Maddox, an assistant director on the film, also had his name altered in the production notes for Couture. These notes were distributed to the press at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025, according to the report.

TopMob News reached out to Brad’s rep but has not received a comment.

A new film starring 50-year-old Angelina premiered in France on February 18th. She plays an American movie director who learns she has breast cancer right before a planned trip to Paris.

Besides Maddox, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – who separated in 2016 after being married for two years – are also parents to Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and 17-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. But Maddox isn’t the only one of their children who has stopped using Pitt as their last name.

In 2023, Zahara stopped using her father’s last name when introducing herself to her sisters in Alpha Kappa Alpha at Spelman College. The following year, Vivienne was listed as Vivienne Jolie in the program for the Broadway show The Outsiders, where she worked with her mother.

In May 2024, on her 18th birthday, Shiloh officially filed to legally change her name to Shiloh Jolie. The court approved the name change in August of that same year.

This name change isn’t unusual for the family, as both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have altered their names before. Angelina, originally named Angelina Jolie Voight, decided to use her middle name, Jolie, as her last name instead of her father, Jon Voight’s. Similarly, Brad, whose full name is William Bradley Pitt, chose to go by his middle name, Brad, when he started acting.

Even though many of their children have chosen similar paths – changing their names and pursuing careers in entertainment – Angelina has stated that they don’t want to be actors like their parents, Brad and herself.

Angelina Jolie shared at the 2025 Santa Barbara Film Festival that her children aren’t interested in pursuing acting or the fame that comes with it, according to People magazine. She said they have no desire to be in the spotlight.

For more celebrity kids who have dropped their last names, keep reading…

According to court documents obtained by People magazine, the adopted daughter of Rosie O’Donnell and her former partner, Kelli Carpenter, filed a petition in January 2025 to legally change her last name to her biological mother’s maiden name, Deanna Neuens Micoley.

For her high school graduation in June 2024, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter used the name Suri Noelle, combining her first name with Katie’s middle name.

For her work on the 2023 film The Heart, Barack and Michelle Obama’s daughter, Malia Obama, chose to be credited using only her first and middle names: Malia Ann.

In May 2024, on her 18th birthday, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt officially changed her name to Shiloh Jolie, removing her father Brad Pitt’s last name. Her mother, Angelina Jolie, supported the decision.

Olivia Jade Giannulli, the daughter of designer Mossimo Giannulli and actress Lori Loughlin, is known online as just Olivia Jade. She doesn’t use her full last name for her YouTube channel and social media presence.

Rob Schneider’s daughter was originally named Tanner Elle Schneider, but she chose the stage name Elle King – a combination of her middle name and her mother London King’s last name – when she became a singer.

Kathy Najimy, known for Hocus Pocus, and Dan Finnerty, from The Hangover, have a daughter named Samia Najimy Finnerty. However, when she began her career as a singer, she decided to simply go by Samia as her stage name.

August Coppola, brother of famed director Francis Ford Coppola, had a son named Nicolas Kim Coppola with dancer Joy Vogelsang. But the world knows him better as Nicolas Cage, a name he chose in honor of the comic book hero Luke Cage.

Willow Smith, the daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, now performs music simply as WILLOW, having dropped her last name for her stage name.

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2026-02-27 03:17