Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s youngest daughter is moving closer to making a change she had already begun reflecting publicly two years ago.

Vivienne, 18, has completed another required step in her effort to legally remove “Pitt” from her surname and become Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.

The teenager recently submitted proof that she published a formal notice announcing the proposed name change — a procedural requirement under California law before her petition can move forward.

The notice appeared in the Los Angeles Daily Journal four times, on July 24, July 31, Aug. 7 and Aug. 14.

A court hearing has now been scheduled for Nov. 2.

Until then, the change is not yet official.

But Vivienne’s petition carries significance far beyond paperwork. It comes after several of her siblings have made similar moves involving their father’s surname and follows years of highly public tension surrounding Pitt and Jolie’s family after the former couple’s separation.

Vivienne Filed Her Petition Shortly After Turning 18

Vivienne filed her initial request in Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 21.

She asked the court to change her legal name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.

In the filing, she described her reason simply as “personal.”

That one word left the deeper motivation private.

The legal process, however, has continued publicly.

By publishing notices of the petition in a newspaper, Vivienne fulfilled another requirement connected to her request. Court documents now contain proof that those announcements appeared on the required dates.

The next major step will be the November hearing.

Anyone seeking to formally object to the proposed change must submit a written objection explaining the reason at least two court days before the hearing and must also appear in person.

If the petition ultimately receives court approval, Vivienne will legally carry only her mother’s surname.

She Had Already Started Using ‘Vivienne Jolie’

The court petition did not mark the first time Vivienne had publicly moved away from the Jolie-Pitt name.

In 2024, when she was still a teenager, she worked alongside Angelina Jolie on the Broadway musical The Outsiders.

Jolie served as a producer on the production, while Vivienne worked as an assistant.

The Playbill listed her as “Vivienne Jolie.”

At the time, there had been no indication that she had legally changed her surname.

Still, the credit attracted attention because it was one of the first visible signs that Vivienne was choosing not to professionally use “Pitt.”

Two years later, she has now taken that choice into court.

Vivienne Is Not the First Sibling to Make the Move

What makes her petition especially notable is that it is part of a broader pattern among Jolie and Pitt’s six children.

Vivienne is the youngest of the former couple’s children, born in July 2008 alongside her twin brother, Knox.

Her older siblings are Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh.

Several have now distanced themselves from the Pitt surname in different ways.

Shiloh made perhaps the most definitive move first.

On May 27, 2024 — the day she turned 18 — Shiloh filed a legal petition asking to remove Pitt from her surname.

Her request was eventually granted, and she legally became Shiloh Jolie.

Shiloh’s attorney, Peter Levine, described the choice at the time as an independent and significant decision made by a young adult after painful events.

Now 20, she remains legally known without her father’s surname.

Zahara Made Her Choice Clear at Graduation

Zahara, now 21, had also previously attracted attention for introducing herself without “Pitt.”

When she joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College, she publicly introduced herself as Zahara Marley Jolie.

Then came another highly visible moment in May 2026.

At her Spelman graduation ceremony on May 17, the printed commencement program still listed her as Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt.

But when she walked across the stage, her name was announced as Zahara Marley Jolie.

Not long afterward, Zahara moved toward making that choice legal.

She published a newspaper notice connected to a petition to formally remove Pitt from her surname.

Her court hearing is scheduled for Sept. 28.

Maddox Is Pursuing the Same Change

Maddox, Jolie and Pitt’s oldest child, has also entered the legal process.

He published a similar notice announcing his intention to drop Pitt from his name.

His hearing is set for Sept. 14.

That means three siblings — Maddox, Zahara and Vivienne — now have upcoming court proceedings connected to petitions seeking the same basic change.

Shiloh has already completed the process.

Taken together, the decisions represent a striking development for a family whose hyphenated surname was once one of Hollywood’s most recognizable.

For years, “Jolie-Pitt” symbolized the family Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt created together.

Now, several of their adult children are choosing something different.

A Family Relationship That Has Changed Dramatically

Pitt and Jolie became one of Hollywood’s most famous couples after beginning their relationship in the 2000s.

They eventually married in 2014.

Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016.

What followed was a lengthy and contentious separation involving disputes over custody, family relationships and other legal matters.

In 2024, a source said Pitt had “virtually no contact” with his adult children.

At the time, he still had visitation with his younger children.

That situation has since changed for a straightforward reason: all six of the children are now legal adults.

Vivienne and Knox, the youngest members of the family, turned 18 in July 2026.

The milestone effectively ended the years in which custody arrangements played a role in how the family interacted.

Now the children are making adult choices of their own.

For Vivienne, that includes deciding what name she wants to carry.

A Source Close to Pitt Has Blamed the Family Estrangement on Jolie

The name-change petitions have also intensified discussion surrounding Pitt’s relationship with his children.

After Vivienne initially filed her request in July, a source close to Pitt characterized the family estrangement as the result of a prolonged effort to alienate the children from their father.

The source described the situation as deeply sad and alleged that the children had been used against Pitt.

Vivienne herself has not publicly offered a detailed explanation supporting that interpretation.

Her own court filing gives only one reason for wanting the name change: “personal.”

That distinction is important.

While relatives, attorneys and sources have spoken publicly about the larger family history, Vivienne has kept the specific reasoning behind her petition largely to herself.

Angelina Jolie Has Entered a Different Phase of Her Life Too

Vivienne’s decision arrives as Jolie is also adjusting to a major family milestone.

With twins Vivienne and Knox now 18, all six of her children have reached adulthood.

The transition represents a significant change for Jolie, whose identity outside her film career has long been closely connected to motherhood.

Vivienne has also become one of the children most visibly involved in Jolie’s professional world.

Their collaboration on The Outsiders allowed mother and daughter to work side by side, with Jolie previously speaking warmly about Vivienne’s seriousness and dedication to theater.

That project also happened to be where the public first clearly saw the shortened name “Vivienne Jolie.”

What initially appeared in a Broadway program is now moving through the legal system.

The November Hearing Could Make the Change Official

For now, Vivienne remains legally Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt.

Publishing the newspaper notices does not automatically change that.

The Nov. 2 hearing represents the next important stage.

Before then, anyone who wishes to oppose her request must follow the court’s formal objection process.

If the petition proceeds successfully, however, Vivienne will join Shiloh in legally removing their father’s surname, while Maddox and Zahara are seeking similar outcomes in their own hearings this fall.

For a family that spent years under the combined Jolie-Pitt name, the symbolism is difficult to miss.

This is no longer simply about the breakdown of one of Hollywood’s most famous marriages.

Their children are adults now.

And several are making individual decisions about how they want to identify themselves going forward.

Vivienne began signaling hers publicly in 2024 with two words in a Broadway Playbill: “Vivienne Jolie.”

Two years later, that choice is no longer merely a professional credit.

She is asking a judge to make it her legal name.