Zahara Jolie is legally allowed to drop “Pitt” from her surname, according to court reporting from multiple outlets. The change follows advertisements she previously published announcing her petition to remove her father’s last name.
One report says the ruling comes more than two months after she and her brother Maddox published notices about their respective requests to change their surnames. Another outlet reports that the court grants Zahara’s request after a hearing in which no objections are filed. That outlet adds that Zahara has published a notice of her intended name change and that the decision reflects a broader family pattern in which some of Jolie and Pitt’s children have also removed “Pitt” from their surnames.
While outlets focus on different procedural details—such as timing, publication of notices, and the absence of objections—they agree on the core point: the court permits Zahara’s name change by removing “Pitt.” The reporting does not provide additional context on the underlying personal reasons beyond citing them as “personal reasons” in one account.
