Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt files to change her name
On May 27, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt turned 18.
And her first order of business as a legal adult was to change her name. Well, her surname.
In documents obtained by TMZ and E! News, Shiloh has filed a petition to change her name from Shiloh Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Jolie.
The decision comes as Shiloh’s parents, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, have become embroiled in legal battles after divorcing in 2016.
For years, fans marveled at just how much Shiloh was a spitting image of Angelina.
“I never thought I could be anyone’s mom,” Jolie wrote in Time’s Parents newsletter, of which she was a contributing editor in 2020. “I remember the decision to become a parent. It wasn’t hard to love. It wasn’t hard to dedicate myself to someone and something greater than my life.”
In 2002, Jolie adopted her first child, Maddox, from Cambodia. And then, in 2003, Jolie and Pitt adopted Pax from Vietnam. The family adopted Zahara in 2005 from Ethiopia, and the couple had three biological children — Shiloh, and twins, Knox and Vivienne — all before they got married.
Following their divorce, Pitt and Jolie were granted joint custody over all of the children except for Maddox, who is no longer a minor. Now, it’s unclear what the children’s relationships are like with their father.
As People reported, Shiloh isn’t the first of their kids to drop Pitt from their last name. Vivienne, who has taken an interest in theater and producing, now only goes by Vivienne Jolie professionally.
Amid the family drama, Jolie has been seen at many events and premieres with her children, and fans have noticed just how much Shiloh looks like her mother.
In March 2022, the mother and daughter went out for a casual shopping trip in Los Angeles and looked almost identical.
The two donned all-black ensembles, with Shiloh in Converse sneakers and a black hoodie. While Jolie wore an oversized black coat, black sunglasses and carried a black handbag.
Many fans and followers noted the eerie similarities, like Jolie’s pout, as well as their matching wide-set eyes, sharp cheekbones and matching noses.
In an interview with The Guardian in 2021, Jolie candidly spoke on her divorce from Pitt while also promoting her new book, “Know Your Rights.”
“I’m not the kind of person who makes decisions like the decisions I had to make lightly,” she said. “It took a lot for me to be in a position where I felt I had to separate from the father of my children.”